Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.
Our forefathers got it; they got it, man. They took godly principles and they put them into action, and they developed our Constitution - the land of freedom where each man is accountable and responsible for his actions.
Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.
The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.
I think we are defined as human beings through our families, no matter what kind of family - through our relationships with parents, brothers and sisters.
Everybody has heard that family dinner is great for kids. But unfortunately, it doesn't work in many of our lives.
I grew up as the only child, and we did not have a large family. So for me and my mother, our friends tend to become our family.
We are fashioned not by our genes, but by our environment - by the family and socio-historic conditions in which we evolve.
We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business.
We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life.
The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.
A free culture has been our past, but it will only be our future if we change the path we are on right now.
There is a very serious fiscal-policy question of, 'Are we running our overall fiscal policy such that we as a government can pay our bills?'
I'm running for controller to ensure our government reflects the values of the people of California and increases prosperity by managing our finances smartly, efficiently and effectively.
Our government makes the simple promise of a secure retirement to every American who works for many years and contributes to our retirement benefit system.
With all that's going on in our lives and the world, reducing stress is important, and it's a factor in heart health.
Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health.
I have a very strong opinions about health and our responsibility to our own health, and I will always say what I feel.
Our parents came home one day and heard us, and they thought it was the radio, but our grandfather told them it was us.
Our military is doing everything it can to equip Iraq's forces so our troops can come home as soon as possible, but we cannot leave until the job is done.
Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
