In my long innings, I have seen many sunrises and many sunsets; many good and bad times.
To be trained in karate is something because karate is a vicious thing. If you are any good at it, you can kill somebody with it. It is a vicious way to fight.
I think it's important to do a good job and not to feel that you've got to make grand gestures, but just to get on and deliver.
I'd heard he was good, and what the hell sense does it make not to hire somebody because of their color?
Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions than by doing good ones.
I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing.
Part of being innovative in government is sometimes not trying to plot out the last chapter of the book, but to be open and see what comes back.
Now one of two things is true: Either a republic is a desirable form of government, or else it is not.
As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own... Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland.
Beginning to dismantle the Pentagon would save $1 trillion a year - a small government proposal if ever there was one.
But people that are worried about unborn babies are the same ones that vote against kindergarten programs in Indiana or school lunch funds out of the federal government.
The number of realists who are betting that both the 'economy gets healthy soon' and this government gets spending under control is a tiny group, indeed.
When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.
Republican governors are leading the way in helping the private sector create new jobs, reforming government and getting our economy back on track.
A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.
I don't want a lot of bureaucracy... I want to run state government the same way we run a campaign - efficient, effective and victorious.
Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices, tightening our belts.
Someone has to stay on the line and say, no, we can do this by cutting spending and reducing the size of government. That's what I was committed to doing.
When you're encouraging - the government is encouraging guns to be sold illegally to people that shouldn't have them, the laws aren't being faithfully executed.
My government has the challenge of addressing the issue of gas. The issue of gas cannot be addressed today without the participation of all Bolivians alike.
The only conduct that merits the drastic remedy of impeachment is that which subverts our system of government or renders the president unfit or unable to govern.
