As a Republican, I am proud of my party's rich legacy of conservation.

The people that I represent in Illinois care passionately about protecting open space and safeguarding our nation's natural treasures, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation.

The best way to Prove your critics wrong is to Improve yourself

Everything is a product of time because it took a particular period of time to achieve that result

The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior.

In the deepest slumber-no! In delirium-no! In a swoon-no! In death-no! even in the grave all is not lost.

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

There is no cure for laziness but a large family helps.

Your voice is your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where you can be understood.

The system wants you to be either a bow or an arrow; refuse both, because there is a third choice: To be an archer!

Tens of billions ... are going into the pockets of tens of thousands of tax preparers who ... love complexity as much as the rest of us hate it

I once heard of a murderer who propped his two victims up against a chess board in sporting attitudes and was able to get as far as Seattle before his crime was discovered.