Every year, an average of 9,200 Americans are murdered by handguns, according to Department of Justice statistics. This does not include suicides or the tens of thousands of robberies, rapes and assaults committed with handguns. This level of violence must be stopped.

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.

Greatest gift is human life and that we have a duty to protect the life of an unborn child.

My basic rule is that I want people who don't want a job in government.

I sometimes think if someone appealed the Ten Commandments to some of our courts, they would rule - 'Thou shalt not, unless you feel strongly to the contrary'.

Liberals are people who think that being tough on crime means longer suspended sentences.