Everybody is gonna die from something. And so the deal is how to use each day to move things forward for both you and the people you love and the country you love.

My relationship with Barack Obama isn't based on my political philosophy or his.

I'm very disturbed at the picture that was painted by Senator Ted Kennedy that Samuel Alito is not a man of his word, that he is dishonest. The implication that he is not reliable I don't think is a fair characterization of what I've read.

Everybody in America is going to have to sacrifice to help us rebuild the Gulf Coast. Every government program, every individual, we are all going to have to sacrifice

The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.

I believe all life has value, from conception to natural death. And I believe the intentional taking of human life, except to save lives, should be a capital offense, as it is in most states in America today

People that had the guts to put their loyalty to the Constitution ahead of their loyalty to their political party were citizen legislators.