Our political debates today are corrosive and not reflective of the belief that Abe Lincoln espoused back in his day: that we are a great country because we are a good country.

But economic recovery must be earned. And it will be earned by entrepreneurs and it will be earned by small businesses.

The real secret about diplomats is that we're trained to say something, when there is nothing to say, and to say nothing when there is something to say.

To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.

The reality, sitting ten thousand miles away, is that we remain the country that inspires. We remain that shining city on a hill.

My father, one of the great entrepreneurs and philanthropists of this state, taught me that capital - monetary or political - is to be used to benefit others. I intend to continue that tradition.

Politics is a lot of serendipity. You're in the right place and the right time and you've got the right message, and it either connects for you or, or it doesn't.

When America closes its doors, so does everybody else.

It's taken a lot of presidents to get us where we are today, a lot of deployments, a lot of wars, a lot engagements. You add them all up.

If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough.

I think we have to be very sensitive to our need to compete, moving forward, and a lot of that is tied to tax policy.

To love life is to love all of it.

And she is remembering the words I put in her head...."You is kind, " she say, "you is smart. You is important.

Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.

Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations.

There is nothing good in love but the physical part.

Nay," cried Bingley, "this is too much, to remember at night all the foolish things that were said in the morning.

I am a guy who talks about bacon and escalators. Stand-up comedy is very much a conversation. It's very personal, stylistically.

Paradise can take the form of anything! It can be a flower or it can be a word or it can just be a sincere smile!

I always see America as really belonging to the Native Americans. Even though I'm American, I still feel like a visitor in my own country.

A corporation is a state created institution, state supported institution, its concentration of private power, there is no reason why it should have the rights of persons.