I was always at about 70/30. About 70 percent of the people of my district appreciated me, and about 30 percent had quite another view of me.

America is a nation of prayer. It's impossible to tell the story of our nation without telling the story of people who pray.

Big Texas (Nolan Ryan) is here. The reason I like to keep Nolan around is he is a reminder that when we got done with the Sammy Sosa trade, there was still some talent on the Rangers.

The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.

I do not think witchcraft is a religion, and I do not think it is in any way appropriate for the US military to promote it.

For most of the world, there's no greater symbol of America than the Statue of Liberty. It has been an inspiration to generations of immigrants. One of these immigrants was a poet-writer named Ameen Rihani. Gazing at her lamp held high, he wondered whether her sister might be erected in the lands of his Arab forefathers. Here is how he put it: "When will you turn your face toward the East, oh Liberty?"

The bill Congress sent me would take away one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror... so today I vetoed it.