"There is no Senate rule governing the proper uses of the filibuster."

"The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam."

"In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market."

"We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend."

"It makes no sense to pack an auditorium with 5,000 people and then tell them to keep quiet."

"The United States spends more money on African aid than any nation on earth."

"The art of being sick is not the same as the art of getting well."

"To have faith is to believe in truth, believe that truth confers special power on those lucky enough to get a little insight, and to know in our hearts that all these things come from God, which is why we should never get too cocky about our successes."

"Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion."

"Sure, science involves trial and error. Scientists refine theories each day. But as they do, they help us grasp more clearly the wonders of the world and the universe."

"Investigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can't be too big of a surprise."

"Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues."

"If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down."

"That said, ID does not qualify as science because it gives us nothing to test or measure. Science requires replicable tests involving measurable variables."

"It serves notice that President Bush is serious about promoting freedom, because free societies are a lot more peaceable than dictatorships and monarchies."

"The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two."

"Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons."

"Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks."

"Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home."

"We live in an anaesthetized society."

"We've got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn't just possible, but essential."

"George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation."

"It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music."

"Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits."

"Well, we can't afford blindness anymore. There are tens of thousands of thugs who loathe liberty and love death, and want to annihilate Western civilization."

"Somewhere near you, somebody right now is trying to help the indigent and poor - providing food, shelter, clothing or simple kindness."

"The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you."

"Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto."