This is not the time for partisan bickering. This is not the time for politics as usual. Some of us are Democrats. Some of us are Republicans. Some of us are Independents. Above all, we must be Oklahomans first.
We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings.
In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves.
Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse,...
I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
That which we cannot speak of is the one thing about whom and to whom we must never stop speaking.
All decisions in the criminal justice system must be determined by the physical and scientific evidence, and the credible testimony corroborated by that evidence, not in response to public outcry.
A 'conservative believer' must be someone who believes that Jesus was truly human as well as truly divine.
You must have brought the bad weather with you The sky's the color of lead All you've left me is a feather On an unmade bed
Safety-net programs must make efficient use of taxpayer resources and harness the capabilities of recipients by helping them move back into the workforce.
If you want to achieve something, you must do two things: Be a Professional and Never mind what others say about you.
Religion is a virus that we cannot get rid of. A virus of the brain that comes from no other source than itself. We who are uninfected must find the cure.
We cannot trade empty for empty We must go to the waterfall For there's a break in the cup that holds love... Inside us all.
For it is from love that we are born. And to love that we must return. This is the journey of the soul we call Life. You Are The Answer, pg.5
Quiet is a blessed gift. In this frantic world how we must cherish every moment of it, and carve it out for ourselves every chance we get.
Dreams begin when you stop to pick up the penny - you realize the continual effort you must endure to have something worth obtaining.
If pain must come may it come quickly for i have a life to live and i have to live it the best way possible.
One must not think slightingly of the paradoxical…for the paradox is the source of the thinker’s passion, and the thinker without a paradox is like a lover without feeling: a paltry mediocrity.
Parents must try to be, or at least put forth their best efforts to be, what they wish [their] children to be. It is impossible for you to be an example of what you are not.
To change a political system, the majority of the thinking citizens must unite, speak with one voice and stand firm like one leg.
Necessity is the mother of delusion. For true love to exist there must be nothing that is necessary to it. Lovers have to live happily ever after, no matter what happens.
