Sometimes, when you can't fix the problem on your own, you need to make some compromises and find the partners who can get the job done for you.

We are squandering our wealth. In many respects, to the extent that we persist in our imperial delusions, we're also going to squander our freedom...

Ideology makes people stupid.

It's not so much the amount of tax we pay - it's the sense that our pocket's being picked without our knowing what's going on.

As a kid I was enamored with fiction, most of it utterly forgettable and long forgotten.

If any overarching conclusion emerges from the Afghan and Iraq Wars (and from their Israeli equivalents), it's this: victory is a chimera.

Rejection would be a disaster for the U.S., but ratification alone will not end our problems in Iraq. Even if the constitution is ratified, the insurgents are not going to lay down their arms.

Start with big dreams and make life worth living.

The act of reading is a skill that can be cultivated.

There is nothing like another's perspective to remind you that your way is not the right way

As a child, I was taught that it was bad manners to bring attention to yourself, and to never, ever make a spectacle of yourself ... All of which I've earned a living doing.

The only pictures worth making are the ones that are playing with fire.

When speaking of love, and suffering a broken heart, the student said, 'You can't drown if you vow to never swim again.' To which the master replied, 'You will also never choke if you don't eat.'

I decided few years ago to leave the bar to pursue a career in politics because I wanted to make a contribution in Parliament.

The need for a pro-life point of view undergirds everything you do.

The body is the soul's house. Shouldn't we therefore take care of our house so that it doesn't fall into ruin?

I was raised to believe that God has a plan for everyone and that seemingly random twists of fate are all a part of His plan.