Under the Constitution, the president, not the Senate, nominates and appoints judges. The Senate has a different role. We must give our advice .

Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.

There is a good reason they call these ceremonies 'commencement exercises'. Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.

Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.

But I bear witness to Christ, too. I really know him to be the savior of the world. And that means more to me than almost anything else I know.

I sleep so much better at night, knowing that America is protected from thin pickles and fast ketchup.

We're going to find out who did this and we're going after the bastards.

Microsoft is engaging in unlawful predatory practices that go well beyond the scope of fair competition.

We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.

Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow.

I think that support of this [stem cell] research is a pro-life pro-family position. This research holds out hope for more than 100 million Americans.

I wonder: instead of retreating and hiding, instead of pining for the way it was, what if I accept the way it is? This strikes me as both the most obvious thing in the world and the most profound.

I wish Goodreads was also a dating site.

I'm the most successful bad player ever.

As any psychologist will tell you, the worst thing you can possibly do to a woman is to deprive her of a grievance.

When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.

It is fear and terror that make all men brave, except the philosophers. Yet it is illogical to be brave through fear and cowardice.

There is a tendency to see divine intervention in things that happen in the normal course of miracles.

The worship of words is more pernicious than the worship of images. Grammatolatry is the worst species of idolatry.

The red carpet is a beautiful situation for people. I think everybody appreciates it and loves it and honors it. Nobody really acts a fool because they know this is a one-time thing.