The way I see it, hard times aren't only about money, or drought, or dust.Hard times are about losing spirit, and hope, and what happens when dreams dry up.

I turn my back on him as he goes, and settle myself in the parlor, and touch Ma's piano.My fingers leave sighsin the dust.

When I rode the train west, I went looking for something, but I didn't see anything wonderful.I didn't see anything better than what I already had.Home.

...the morning with the whole day waiting, full of promise, the nightof quiet, of no expectations, of rest.And the certainty of home, the one I live in, and the onethat lives in me.

Nature doesn’t need knowledge, because nature is knowledge, knowledge manifest.

When the Rule of Law disappears, we are ruled by the whims of men.

So many people don't think seriously about the fact that Personal Responsibility is one of the most essential credentials in National transformation

I’ll be strong for you. Live me, baby. Live for me. Please.

To lose a son under those circumstances - a violent death like my son went through, it just puts a burden on your heart.

Are not all finite beings better pleased with motions relative than absolute?

I have been for border security for years. I voted for border security in the United States Senate. And my comprehensive immigration reform plan of course includes border security.

No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.

American straightforwardness is almost as disarming as Americans invariably think it is.

Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.