We have had a chance to travel to all 56 counties in this state, and I have had the chance to sit around with cups of coffee and having conversations about what matters to Montanans.

I ran for Congress not because I was having a mid-life crisis. I left the private sector because I saw a looming financial crisis that was coming to this country. It's unsustainable.

There's huge opportunities to continue to improve efficiency in the way the government operates and improve the way government provides services to its citizens.

You talk to the farmers, the ranchers, our small community bankers, and boy, one of the No. 1 issues is the regulations coming out of Washington.

With America's role in the world, we have the ability to help protect the freedom of religion around the globe.

People only believe what they discover for themselves. We need to have civil discussions, and look at what the facts and the truth are.

Religious freedom is foundational for our country, and we must lead on religious freedom as an example in America.

I am very grateful for the Catholic Church and its unwavering stance on life. They have been a consistent, uncompromising voice defending life.

Of the five rights listed in the First Amendment. - religion, speech, press, assembly, petition - the very first right protected is freely exercising our religion.

To pastors and leaders who serve faithfully, who work to teach and shepherd those who are in your church or religious institution: thank you for all you do.

I was a big fan of Ronald Reagan. He was the first president I got to vote for.

Take all of me, ” he said against her mouth.

If you despise your people, you will disregard them.If you hate your people, you will harm them.If you esteem your people, you will serve them.If you love your people, you will even die for them.

I'm the New York Jew who actually grew up in Minnesota.

I was a little self-centered gutter punk in the early 1980s and all I wanted to do was diss everybody.

If you ain't got a fat woman, you're making a big mistake, because a big fat woman tastes as good as a T-bone steak.

There is a longing among all people and creatures to have a sense of purpose and worth. To satisfy that common longing in all of us we must respect each other.

I hate everything that is driven by fashion.

Zen is about breaking out of your ideas and experiencing life and not ideas.

Eloquence is an engine invented to manage and wield at will the fierce democracy, and, like medicine to the sick, is only employed in the paroxysms of a disordered state.

Make as much racket as you like people. Noise is life and an excess of noise is a sign that life is good. There will be time for us all to be quiet when we are safely dead.