If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them.

Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.

While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say that the trust fund is facing a crisis

We have a hope of succeeding if we learn from our past mistakes and pull together to make the hard choices.

The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world

The Constitution is a document that should only be amended with great caution.

Sadly, the President's budget proposal for the upcoming year once again puts cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans over addressing our country's severe fiscal problems.

Even top caliber hospitals cannot escape medical mistakes that sometimes result in irreparable damage to patients

When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the current months and years

The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror

The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist

A life without problems is a life without choices.

It is our duty and our joy to communicate our hearts to each other. Words assist us in this task.

When you tell a lie, everything that you say in the future may be treated as suspect.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

Wherever we may be, or whatever our circumstances, the Lord Jesus sees them. We are never beyond the reach of His care.

Fame is not the worst thing. I went to dinner the other night, and the girls in the restaurant ignored me. It was so annoying.

Craziness was considered funny, like all other things that were in reality frightening and profoundly shameful.

Ever since your goal found out that you were traveling toward it, it has been running to meet you

At some point, the dollar has to give. You can't just keep printing money, and monetizing debt, and buying bonds, without the dollar imploding.

People are realizing that color has no bearing on what's known as brotherhood