Federal gas tax revenues that are paid into the trust fund by highway users should be used for programs that benefit highway users.
Trust cannot be commanded; and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust.
We have been given the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders. I do not take that trust for granted, and I never will.
Positioning the brand and regaining trust are all smart things for us to do and those are the litmus tests for any decisions we make.
I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.
Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
Not one Republican president has balanced the budget in 34 years. You can not trust Republicans with your money.
The basic premise of the Constitution was a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances because man was perceived as a fallen creature and would always yearn for more power.
The whole basis of the Constitution was a restriction of power, and the whole basis of the federalist system was that there was not one sovereign centralized power from which all authority flows.
Given the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one.
The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, that my friends, is true perversion.
I'm not embarrassed about the novels I wrote when I was younger, but I couldn't write them today because of my religion.
I think that we are at a point in our country where we're trying to decide what role should religion play in the political arena.
In spite of the huge diversity in Malaysia in terms of religion, culture, race, ethnicity and so forth, we've really gone very far in developing this country.
I'm a modern Muslim. I pray, and if I have a question, I ask someone who is more educated in the religion than me.
Some of the world's most appalling abuses have been justified by religion because it is possible for people to find vindication in their scriptures for any of their prejudices.
There's always Tunisia. Amid the smoking ruins of the Middle East, there is that one encouraging success story.
I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribner's in New York before I was 30.
America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.
But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to security.
The political system is broken, the economy is broken and so is society. That is why people are so depressed about the state of our country.
