The general difference between conservatives and liberals is that liberals like pretty pictures and conservatives like to build bridges that people can drive across.

There used to be this country called the Soviet Union; it's not there anymore. Our technology was better than theirs.

I understand why we do that now. It’s a help, not a threat. It’s something to remind you how important words are. Ideas are important. Principles are important. Words are important. Your word is the most important of all. Your word is who you are.

Bill Clinton is a man who thinks international affairs means dating a girl from out of town.

Christ, how did you ever get this screwed up! his mind demanded of him. He knew the answer, but even that was not a full explanation. Different segments of the organism called John Terrance Kelly knew different parts of the whole story, but somehow they'd never all come together, leaving the separate fragments of what had ...once been a tough, smart, decisive and to blunder about in confusion - and despair! There was a happy thought.

Colleges typically did not tell you that ninety percent of your education came after you hung the parchment on the wall. People might ask for a rebate.

Victory comes only to those prepared to make it, and take it.