The issue for me is American competitiveness, and how do we best create a climate here that allows international capital to come to these shores to create jobs.

Ukraine has been a strong partner to the United States on international initiatives and a committed ally in fighting the War on Terrorism.

In New York alone, there was an average of more than 300 campus fires per year between 1997 and 2000, with roughly 160 of them annually in dormitories.

Hamas is responsible for countless homicide bombings that have killed hundreds of Israeli citizens. They have waged a terror war with the sole intent of murdering innocent people.

The Staten Island Ferry remains a potential terrorist target.

Every single day, we have hundreds, if not thousands of police officers protecting the lives of not just New Yorkers, but the millions who come to New York City to work and to vacation.

Lebanon can choose to be either a partner in ridding the scourge of terrorism or another obstacle that cows to the most radical elements of society.

Vetting and verifying information is one thing. Having our government sending out conflicting messages to the American people when conflict can be avoided is another.

Those whose lives were lost on September 11 will remain in our thoughts and prayers forever.

One of the essential elements of government responsibility is to communicate effectively to the American people, especially in time of a potential terrorist attack or a natural disaster.

I won't tolerate lying.

Deceivers are the most hideous creatures in the world

The worst pain in the world is shame.

I hold a mouses wit not worth a leke, That hath but on hole for to sterten to.

To maintain a fault known is a double fault.

You can never tell what will happen to a theory before you can get around to using it.

The healthy eye ought to see all visible things and not to say, I wish for green things; for this is the condition of a diseased eye.

I wish I'd said it first, and I don't even know who did: The only problems that money can solve are money problems.

She was gone, and all that was left was the space where you'd grown around her, like a tree that grows around a fence.

Fortunately for me I'm a vocalist, I can sing forever. I'm not going to be pretty forever, but I'm going to sing forever!