What you always do before you make a decision is consult. The best public policy is made when you are listening to people who are going to be impacted. Then, once policy is determined, you call on them to help you sell it.

My objective as Secretary of Labor is to look through the 'glass ceiling' to see who is on the other side, and to serve as a catalyst for change . . . .

In liberating Iraq, we have rid the nation and the rest of the world from the danger of Saddam Hussein.

We have learned that power is a positive force if it is used for positive purposes.

[On Ronald Reagan:] The President doesn't want yes-men around. When he says no, we all say no.

It is not what I do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through me. God does not want worldly successes, He wants me. He wants my heart in submission to Him. Life is not just a few years to spend on self indulgence and career advancement. It is a privilege, a responsibility, a stewardship to be lived according to a much higher calling, God's calling. This alone gives true meaning to life.

We are a great nation because we are a good people.