To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. Your children need your presence more than your presents.

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.

Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master.

For me, Barack Obama's election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before.

President Obama projects a strong offense, but he faces a rebellious Congress focused on state's rights.

We have a moral concern to feed all of the hungry, wipe out malnutrition, so that every American be housed and every child have access to education.

God doesn't make orange juice, God makes oranges.