Like most other states, Illinois has little regulation of the economic interests of legislators and relies on public disclosure to keep the lawmaking honest.
State and federal laws protect whistle-blowers, those who refuse to do something illegal, and workers who file claims for workers' compensation.
If there is a ground zero in the cultural wars, it is Missouri, a state where pro-life groups are strong and well organized and their agenda dominates local politics.
I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion.
Let the living give thanks to our honored dead who have paid the ultimate sacrifice that the Constitution of the United States remains our guiding light.
Washington State has a strong tradition of a positive relationship - positive working relationship between labor and management, whether in the private sector or the public sector. It needs to continue to be that way.
Even when the attention focused on me is positive, I am uncomfortable being looked at by a lot of people - it's just not my natural state of being.
In the United States I have always believed that there was a big difference between Conservative and stupid. Boy is it getting harder to prove that one by the minute.
ALWAYS BE HAPPY IS NOT IMPORTANT , WHAT IMPORTANT IS TO FIGHT THE STATE OF MIND WHICH MAKES US HAPPY OR UNHAPPY !!
Peace isn't the absence of wars provoked by a series of delinquents of all sort, but a dynamic process of cooperation between states and people...
Being awakened is a state in which every cell of the body is able to communicate with the soul, and the soul is able to communicate with the body.
When I'm on vacation here in the States, I can do all kinds of stuff; I can train and keep busy.
Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained.
Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities from abroad is something the state should keep an eye on.
We have been around in the States in the ski wear market since the 1950s, but now we feel we can compete in the sportswear field.
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.
Self is the root, the tree, and the branches of all the evils of our fallen state.
We cannot allow the bankruptcy of a euro member state like Greece to turn into a second Lehman Brothers.
He who steals a belt buckle pays with his life; he who steals a state gets to be a feudal lord.
States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities.
There are moments when you feel that the desire to work is fading, and the only way to bring it back is to get away from it, to put yourself in a state of frustration so you feel the need again.
