Why would I be willing to challenge my Republican leadership? Because my allegiance will always be to the Constitution and the American people first and foremost, not to my political party.

Yes, I believe in school choice. Parents know far better than government bureaucrats what their children need from an education standpoint, and they should be permitted to make that choice.

I found the source of global warming is coming from the hot air coming out of Washington.

Despite the repeated attacks on American citizens by illegal aliens released from our jails, DHS refuses to stop freeing violent criminals who are in our country illegally.

Eternal life should be sought elsewhere, perhaps in the religious community, not politics.

Any bailout of a private company is a bad decision by our federal government. Private companies have the right to succeed, but they also should have the right to fail.

I think a lot of people start out full of idealism and fresh ideas. And then a lot of times, being re-elected becomes more important than staying true to your principles.

When you give the government an inch, they take a mile.

The Maestro spoke again. "When we are not, at what point do we become?" I could not reply. For I had grasped no shape of his thoughts. I understood neither what he said nor his intent behind it.

The reflection of the world is blues, that's where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind of music that's tryin' to come around.

Whatever may be, I am still largely the creator and ruler of my emotional destiny.

Speak nothing but the truth, and you'll soon be considered dangerous.

A Republic, if you can keep it.

It would be a really beautiful thing if we could all just wear what we wanted, without it meaning something.

Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.

The fact is, psychiatric help is not widely available to CIA agents - and as in the military, there is a stigma attached to admitting post-traumatic stress.

Let the farmer forevermore be honored in his calling; for they who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God.

It is not merely the truth of science that makes it beautiful, but its simplicity.