Since achieving their independence in 1992, the people of Croatia have built a democratic society based on the rule of law, respect for human rights, and a free market economy.

The fifth amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees that no private property shall be taken for a public use without the payment of just compensation.

Horsemeat in many European and Asian countries is consumed as a delicacy.

More than 65,000 horses were slaughtered in the United States in 2004, a 50 percent increase since 2002.

In addition, California spends nearly $1 billion a year in Medi-Cal services for an average of 780,000 illegal immigrants a month, over and above emergency health services.

Consular cards are easily obtained with no proof of true identity and are easily forged.

As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions.

It's been argued that of all the animals humans have domesticated, the horse is the most important to our history. For thousands of years, horses were our most reliable mode of transportation.

President Reagan is now at rest. We mourn his passing, but we are grateful for the gifts he gave us: a safer world, strong economic base, and a renewed belief in America's greatness.

I have great respect for President Bush, Secretary Powell and Secretary Ridge.

You took care of your horse, and your horse took care of you.

Every teenager in the world feels like that, feels broken or out of place, different somehow, royalty mistakenly born into a family of peasants. The difference in your case is that it's true.

Cassie: What would it cost me if I kissed him? What would it cost me if I didn’t?

I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I will always feel that way no matter how old I am.

Virtue knows no color line.

Prosperity is a great mercy, but adversity is a greater one, if it brings us to Christ.

Liberals have difficulty understanding the Tea Party because they think it is a bunch of selfish racists. But I think the Tea Party is driven in large part by concerns about fairness.

I’m not a vomit in the club kinda girl.

The worst mistake a woman can make is to emulate a man.

There was a time when I couldn't watch sitcoms for a while because it was just cacophony, it was just noise.

Both total accommodation to the culture and total resistance to it are usually signs of intellectual sickness.