It may not necessarily be the way I would like to see it happen, but the reality is we could still bring millions of people out of the darkness into the light.

I am still doing my due diligence. A vote on a Supreme Court nominee is a lifetime appointment and when the court decides, it is the law of the land.

We need to have a strong economy that can create employment opportunities and that can also produce the revenue that we need to defend our country at home and abroad.

Theres a difference between, as I always say, the destination, the end point, and the journey. The journey has a lot of twists and turns. It isnt always pretty.

We believe very passionately that an international approach is necessary to achieve some of these goals.

We should seek international support for our mutual objectives abroad, in promoting freedom, democracy, respect for human rights, and also the elimination of weapons of mass destruction.

By failing to keep their end of the bargain, the Bush administration would allow New Jersey projects to deteriorate and make New Jersey highways and bridges less safe.

There are plenty of opportunities for common grounds that we need to explore and strengthen. The Hispanic community has a strong affinity for our relationship with Israel.

This is the United States of America. It means we respond to our fellow Americans in times of crisis and emergency and disaster.

I dont believe you need high capacity magazines to go hunt. If you have to use 100 rounds to shoot a deer, youre in trouble.

There isn't any air power in the world that can take care of the problem of sectarian divisions.

By just living one’s life, sadness accumulates here and there, be it in the blankets hung out in the sun to dry, the toothbrushes in the bathroom, and the phone history logs.

Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.

In one breath, I can say that we are God, but in another I have to say that we aren't deities.

Hardships can harden even the best person.

I think sometimes - not always - I write songs that are accessible.

It's not about winning or losing a competition, it's about beating the doubt from within yourself and knowing at the end of each day you are one step closer to your goals.

Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather. [Lat., Memento, in pellicula, cerdo, tenere tuo.]

Peace is the first condition, without which nothing else can be stable.

still hope leads men to venture; and no one ever yet put himself in peril without the inward conviction that he would succeed in his design.

God's acceptance of us cannot be gained by our successes nor forfeited by our failures.