We have a lot of work to do and I‘m afraid that it‘s a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border.

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility

Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.

Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.

Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.

The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them.

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.

Cleanliness begins with the love for godliness

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

Acting had always been the social scene I'd fallen into. It was sort of a merry band of band geeks and theater nerds.

It was one thing to have guessed it, another to have had that guess confirmed beyond possibility of refutation.

I have a great family that loves me, a record deal at 14, and I get to do what I love every day.

A perfect parent is a person with excellent child-rearing theories and no actual children.

You've got major artists releasing albums on their own and eschewing the major system. I think that breeds excitement and creativity.

I have proven to the world that I am articulate, I am very intelligent, I'm well exposed.

We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?

You are enough. You are so enough, it is unbelievable how enough you are.