The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.
The obligation of the state is to guarantee freedom of religion, and that implies dealing with all of them on an equal footing.
Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the community.
The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model.
There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight.
I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind - and spirit.
Job creation requires a business friendly environment with a tax structure that is not punitive and a state government designed for efficient use of fewer tax dollars.
The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication.
This idea that you're a successful tough guy if you evade taxes and deceive the state has got to change.
No change in the balance of political parties can alter the general determination that no class should be excluded from contributing to and sharing responsibility for the state.
I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that does not change every moment.
I believe that for the small numbers of Jewish people in the United States, they exercise a tremendous amount of influence on the affairs of government.
We must not allow the practices of an anti-democratic State that abuses the powers of government to violate the human rights of Venezuelans.
Unlike the federal government, most states don't have the option of running a deficit.
Government health care changes the relationship between the citizen and the state, and, in fact, I think it's an assault on citizenship.
The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.
Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it?
Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.
We've got to see a state where the Afghan government can handle its own day-to-day security.
If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state?
I don't believe there is a separation of church and state. I think the Constitution is very clear. The only separation is that there will not be a government church.
