Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our childrens lives.

There is something permanent, and something extremely profound, in owning a home.

As I said in my state of the state address, we can no longer rely on gaming and sales taxes to pay our way. Indian gaming next door in California is eroding our major industry in Nevada.

Education isn't part of my agenda, it is my agenda.

Nevada once again has shown double digit increases in tax revenue... Nevada continues to show economic stability with its desirable business climate and booming tourism sector.

We must rely less on spreadsheets and funding formulas and more on common sense.

The state of our state is fragile, but I know our spirit and love for Nevada is not.

Gaming is the backbone of Nevadas economy.

Love with all your heart, soul and mind.

Home is the nicest word there is.

The best way to prove that a stick is crooked is to set a straight one beside it. No words need to be spoken.

From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.

God is action - let us be like God.

I pledge tonight to be Mayor for all of the people of this city - for one Chicago.

We say, that the Constitution of the United States is a glorious standard; it is founded in the wisdom of God.

Gender is an identity tenuously constituted in time, instituted in an exterior space through a stylized repetition of acts.

Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach perfection.

Repentance is the vomit of the soul.