Work is fundamental to the dignity of a person. . . . It gives one the ability to maintain oneself, one's family, to contribute to the growth of one's own nation.

My choices, including those related to the day-to-day aspects of life, like the use of a modest car, are related to a spiritual discernment that responds to a need that arises from looking at things, at people and from reading the signs of the times. Discernment in the Lord guides me in my way of governing.

I believe that Catholics involved in politics carry the values of their religion within them, but have the mature awareness and expertise to implement them. The Church will never go beyond its task of expressing and disseminating its values, at least as long as I'm here.

The only way to heal is to look at the Cross, to look at God Who takes upon Himself our sins: my sin is there.

When a family loses its ability to dream, children don't grow, love doesn't grow and life loses strength, eventually it shuts off.

It is important to have friends we can trust. But it is essential to trust the Lord, who never lets us down.

Faith is professed with the lips and with the heart, through words & through love.