In his years in Washington, Senator Kerry has been one vote of a hundred in the United States Senate - and fortunately on matters of national security, he was very often in the minority.

I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.

Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many.

The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats.

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.

Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam Hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.

I worship the ground Paul Ryan walks on.

Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.

From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world.

Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better.

I've been extraordinarily fortunate that I've been able to go live a very active, stressful life. And I don't believe that my heart disease changed me for the worst.

I wonder if there is anyone who is not depraved. A wearisome thought.I want money. Unless I have it....In my sleep, a natural death!

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.

It's good for art to make us think, to give us a shared experience that creates a dialogue, makes us talk to each other, including strangers.

One of the first rules in fishing is that there are few rules in fishing that resourceful trout do not manage to break.

I am happy to receive any items of jewelry.

I get road rage. I can't drive because I cuss people out.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

None of us are perfect, and we all make mistakes. But the American people are a very forgiving people.

When I sit down to write a book, I do not know where the energy and the words come from. I just sit down, and soon it is flowing through my hand and onto the paper.