Social Security and Medicare represent promises made and we must keep these commitments.

How is it that we have sodomy protected under that due process but prostitution unprotected? It's schizophrenic.

Career politicians do not have the courage to prioritize spending and say no to demanding special interest groups who do not reflect the best interests of the country.

You're going to die sooner.

What makes this mentality dangerous is that when the team is held together by careerism and mindless partisanship, individual members are punished for thinking for themselves.

Statesmen exhibit five key commitments: 1) A commitment to principles above politics; 2) An ability to compromise without abandoning principle; 3) A commitment to truth over spin; 4) A commitment to courage over cowardice; and 5) A commitment, or willingness, to give up power.

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