In this respect, granting homosexuals the right to marry is like granting plantation owners the right to own slaves.

There was a time when most Americans held to the notion that the only sure and secure foundation for freedom was God - the Source of unalienable rights and the Policeman stationed in every human heart... But apparently, we don't believe in that sort of thing anymore.

I accept the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, to represent the State of Illinois.

Nothing is so opportune for tyrants as a people tired of its liberty.

There's not a single thing on offer in this all-too-temporary world for which you should ever sell your soul.

That money was for working eight to twelve hour days ... it was not a welfare check.

The act of voting is one opportunity for us to remember that our whole way of life is predicated on the capacity of ordinary people to judge carefully and well.