It bothers me to read the comments of leaders of the Hamas and others who hate America that their goal is to have more weaponry capable of delivering all types of weapons of mass destruction.

[The Internal Revenue Code is] about 10 times the size of the Bible and, unlike the Bible, contains no good news

If people are going to be cooking the books, you're in trouble.

But the federal government, our collective government, has responsibilities that none of these other levels of government can fulfill; and chief among these is national defense.

Well, we want to make sure there's not securities fraud.

I have always thought that Israel, as an independent and sovereign nation, had a right to defend itself.

I think most corporate executives are good honorable honest men and women who do good work.

My State Senate district was in the northern part of Oklahoma and they were redrawing the districts.

My last comment was, though, that Congress has cooked the books.

I happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles.

I still happen to think the United States is the greatest place in the world to invest.

Bushwhacked, I examine my hands. Same hands. Rings still there but no longer valid.

Writers see the world differently. Every voice we hear, every face we see, every hand we touch could become story fabric.

We are all broken, that's how the light gets in.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

Your voice is wild and simple. You are untranslatable Into any one tongue.

Poverty is not just a material problem. Poverty is something wider: it is about powerlessness, about being deprived of basic opportunities and freedom of choice.

No one is predicting that the Democrats will get the 30 pickups they need to take back the House majority.

The master is a slave when he fears those whom he rules.

Think... of the world you carry within you.

Of all the needs that we have right now, more than anything we need a time for love.