When a child is in crisis, parents should have a role and a voice. They should be the first to help, not the last to know.

One has a stronger hand when there's more people playing your same cards.

I do know that it’s important for us to support the Iraqi people, who have shown incredible courage in their desire to live in a free society. And if we ever give up the desire to help people who live in freedom, we will have lost our soul as a nation, as far as I’m concerned.

Our goal in Iraq is victory. Our goal is for a young democracy to be able to sustain itself, govern itself, and defend itself and serve as an ally in the war on terror.

I heard there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft.

Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self.

The bond between mothers and their children is one defined by love. As a mother's prayers for her children are unending, so are the wisdom, grace, and strength they provide to their children.