Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

Our laws can be friendly to those who obey them, and too often useful to those who don't.

A good education prepares a child to be a good employee and a good citizen-in that order, with the importance of the former never exceeding the importance of the latter.

It's hard to see a halo when you're looking for horns.

We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can.

The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them.

Strangers are what friends are made of.