The ultimate test of a nation's character is not how it responds to adversity in war but how it meets the challenge of peace.

The average American is just like the child in the family. You give him some responsibility and he is going to amount to something. He is going to do something. If, on the other hand, you make him completely dependent and pamper him and cater to him too much, you are going to make him soft, spoiled and eventually a very weak individual.

Publicly, we say one thing....Actually, we do another.

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

A politician knows that his friends are not always his allies, and that his adversaries are not always his enemies.

Federal and state laws (should) be changed to no longer make it a crime to possess marijuana for private use.

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.