Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.

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

If our planes were shot down, yes, they's wake me right away. If the other fellows' were shot down, why wake me up?

In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden.

I was raised to believe that God has a plan for everyone and that seemingly random twists of fate are all a part of His plan.

When the lives of the unborn are snuffed out, they often feel pain, pain that is long and agonizing.

Our National Motto - 'In God We Trust' - was not chosen lightly. It reflects a basic recognition that there is a divine authority in the universe to which this nation owes homage.