Issues are important, yes, but issues come and go. America as an ideal is timeless.

[Ronald Reagan] called the image of [George] Washington praying on his knees in Valley Forge "the most sublime image in American history."

[John] McCain references favorite presidents like Teddy Roosevelt. Hillary cited Eleanor Roosevelt.

Learning is a good thing, but unless it's tempered by faith and a love of freedom, it can be very dangerous indeed.

Throughout American history our presidents have invoked our nation's founding fathers. This is particularly true of recent presidents.

You would hope that the supposed best of American educational institutions would teach its students about America as an institution.

Freedom cannot exist alone.

Colleges need learning, faith, and freedom. Each reinforces the others, each makes the others possible. For what are they without each other?

When Reagan was outspoken about his faith it was usually for a purpose, but never for getting votes.

If our presidents, or potential presidents, don't know this or don't articulate [an America ideal], that's a blown opportunity. The president can teach as well as lead.

It is quite sad, to me, that that ideal, that vision and understanding [of American founding ], doesn't seem to be a part of the current political season.

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.

Maybe I'll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.

I like the feeling of being dominated

They say that no one's gonna play this on the radio. They said the melancholy blues were dead and gone. But only songs like these played in minor keys, keep those memories holding on.

I think accessibility is what often denies horror its deserved attention. So it all depends on the execution and whether mainstream audiences can accept it.

I would not trade the difficult years for all the prosperity in the world. God knows what each one of us must suffer in order to be conformed to the image of Christ.

Persons of delicate taste endure stupid criticism better than they do stupid praise.

A great man scarcely knows how he dines, how he dresses; but without railing or precision, his living is natural and poetic.

As far as wrestling goes, as long as my body is able to withstand the physical beating, I will keep wrestling.

I would not be the mere President of a Party. I feel bound to administer the government untrammeled by party schemes.