If the North Korean side shows no sincerity in solving the nuclear weapon, abduction and missile issues, then the likelihood of normalization of diplomatic relations is very slim.

Although we are aware that North Korea is attaching importance to the liquidation of the past, that is difficult unless there is progress over the abduction issue.

We want to move even a step forward toward resolving the abduction issue.

Motherhood is a vocation like any other. It should be freely chosen, not imposed upon woman.

Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture.

The hard part about living in the present is it forces you to abandon hope for the future. Thanks for nothing, now.

The simple act of smiling at people makes the world a better place. Unless it's the day you decide to walk around with your dong out.

At a time when we are losing manufacturing jobs in this country, we should be doing everything we can to help our manufacturers stay competitive. They are the backbone of our economy.

But a people unable to reform will not be able to preserve its old culture either.

Beware of luxury! Beware of acquiring the taste and need for it, under the pretext of providing for the morrow.

Artists are like messengers. A song is authored by you, but its interpretation is owned by other people. And you have no control over that.

The act of civil disobedience is the act of taking our anger and turning it into sacred rage. It is a personal and collective gesture of resistance and insistance.

Sanctification makes us pure in heart.