To be alive at all involves some risk.
Why would anybody not own a gun?
I don't know anybody that doesn't own a gun.
Democracy is like a tamborine - not everyone can be trusted with it.
We have a strong agricultural heritage in Kansas.
Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.
The world cannot be governed without juggling.
They that govern the most make the least noise.
The meaning of the universe lies outside the universe.
I take my vacation on the combine and tractor.
The rail service is important for my district.
I'm not semi-retired, I'm just taking it easy.
The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.
Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit.
This is a form of double taxation and it's simply unfair.
I continued to serve in Congress until 2001.
What's the point of elections if everything is already decided?
To gain something, be ready to give up something.
I like to be a strategic policy guy.
I don't put labels on myself.
The current Michigan Constitution was written in 1961 and '62.