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My commitment is to strive to lean on the Lord with my whole heart, reading His word daily and earnestly seeking His will in my life.
The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative.
If we do not design policies to halt, and then reverse population growth, Nature by default will soon exact a most punishing solution
Patriotic societies seem to think that the way to educate school children in a democracy is to stage bigger and better flag-saluting.
American credibility in the war on terrorism depends on a strong stand against all terrorist acts, whether committed by foe or friend.
We have gone into a war, an unelected president sending us into a war that the Congress frankly had no right, I believe, to authorize.
There was plenty of evidence that Saddam had nuclear weapons, by the way. That is not in dispute. There is plenty of evidence of that.
Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.
My good friend Walter Mondale is a good lapdog. He'll give them [special interest groups] everything they want. He'll lick every hand.
We must realize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious.
Those terrifying verbal jungles called laws are simply such directives, accumulated, codified, and systematized through the centuries.
I always wondered what hearing one's own obituary might sound like, and I sort of feel like I may have just heard part of it at least.
Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.
As far as I know, we have never before decided to fight a war with borrowed money and ask generations that come after us to pay for it.
I think its time to get a reapportionment process that frankly takes out the incumbency protection and the raw politics of the process.
The slave power dares anything, and it can be conquered only by the united masses of the people. From Congress to the people, I appeal.
History's lesson is to make the most of reform opportunities when they arise because they do not arise often and they do not last long.
Every foreign policy of every major nation involves reason, common sense, carrots and sticks. You can't have all carrots and no sticks.
We must care to think about the unthinkable things, because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless.
As a conservative power, the United States has a vital interest in upholding and expanding the reign of law in international relations.
If a minister can lead the Senate in prayer every day... what is so wrong with beginning every day of school with an ecumenical prayer?
Hollywood has glorified adult premarital sex, and that is unhelpful if your goal is to reduce teen pregnancy and out-of-wedlock births.
I liked flying, when I got into it, loved it. And I found I was very good at it. I'm not modest about the fact that I was a good pilot.
It ought to be done by the elected officials themselves because they have the credibility. And it's not like we aren't willing to help.
I just don't see anonymous sources as fair against a candidate. I think if someone has a real concern, they should come out and say it.
Negotiating sugar trade in bilateral free trade agreements is a recipe for disaster for the U.S. sugar industry, and it is unnecessary.
As a Christian, there is no other part of the New Right ideology that concerns me more than its self-serving misuse of religious faith.
It is a matter of common knowledge that the government of South Carolina is under domination of a small ring of cunning, conniving men.
If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake.
There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters
We must recognize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious.
I have loved but one flag and I can not share that devotion and give affection to the mongrel banner invented for the League of Nations.
There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.
This is an area where North Carolina does excel. I have known more colorful North Carolina political figures than I have colorless ones.
One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.
The Democrats have essentially decided to move more toward central power, control of just about every aspect of our culture and economy.
The danger of terrorists and rogue states is compounded by the proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons.
Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future.
One of the things I will talk about, that no president has talked about before, is I think the dangers of contraception in this country.
There are conservatives in Hollywood who make good movies. They just don't make conservative movies because that's not what gets funded.
It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
Language is a unifying instrument which binds people together. When people speak one language they become as one, they become a society.
Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to give children the education they need.
I chose the Republican Party early on in the 1950s and 1960s in Massachusetts. My father was a Republican, as was my mother, in Virginia.
So the effect of this Republican provision to allow doctors to be gagged from even discussing abortion with their patients is outrageous.
"The making of peace is a continuing process that must go on from day to day, from year to year, so long as our civilization shall last."
Although I had lived a far from perfect life, my heart and soul belonged to God, country, and family long before the Navy got hold of me.
I was with some Vietnamese recently, and some of them were smoking two cigarettes at the same time. That's the kind of customers we need!