Past transitions at the Fed have often been accompanied by volatile financial markets.

There are some legitimate security issues, but I believe many of the objections the administration is making are not for security reasons, but to disguise mistakes that were made prior to Sept. 11.

For example, a breakthrough in better batteries could supplant hydrogen. Better solar cells could replace or win out in this race to the fuel of the future. Those, I see, as the three big competitors:...

We certainly cannot have any further political connection with the Whigs of the South; they have rendered such connection impossible. An impassable gulf separates us, and must here-after separate us.

September 11, 2001 began as a quiet workday. The quiet was shattered by explosion and fire and blood and terror. And, that quickly, we were at war.

In Congress, I was co-chairman of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, which became one of the largest international caucuses in the House.

I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that they cannot even work with them in this common cause to...

No kidding. That’s really true. You’re paying your own bills through this. It’s not a pleasant experience.

As the temperature drops, the need for heating oil goes up.

What we say is that democracy means that you have the right to vote without intimidation and undue burdens. But if you stand in line for six hours, technically, today there is no document, no...

As you suggested I have in the following disputed certain passages, trusting you will do me the justice either to modify the same or add a note in the new edition stating that I dispute,’...

I think we need to look for any opening we can to avoid a war and we shouldn’t pass up any opportunity for resolution.

Why would it be ridiculous that Quebec has an army?

The rate of population growth in the United States is slightly below that required to reproduce itself.

High-tech and biotech firms that effectively attract and retain venture capital should not be excluded from the SBIR program simply because the nature of their research requires large sums of investment.

Things are difficult enough about Iraq without the Federal Government suppressing the truth about Iraq.

At a time when so many Americans struggle to pay for the prescription drugs they need, we must look for ways to lower the price of those drugs.

What he said then is just as true today: We have to employ our talents, our technology, and all our capabilities toward building a defensive system.

All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation – and world – for the better.

Experience burned into me the conviction that access to education ought to be based on how much you are willing to learn and how hard you are willing to work, not on how many dollars...

We’ve not had one Republican president in 34 years balance the budget. You can’t trust right-wing Republicans with your money. You ought to hire somebody who has balanced a budget. I’m much more conservative with...

This country was the moral leader of the world until George Bush became president.

Every day it becomes clearer that this was the wrong war at the wrong time.

We intend to continue our interest in the affairs of Europe and of the world.

I think that like all writers – and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer – I write primarily for myself.

Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline.

We have reached an important milestone and achieved a new momentum in reaching a goal all Americans should embrace – building a secure, peaceful, democratic Iraq that is no longer a threat to the United...

There is nothing more important to our Nation’s future, to our homeland security, and to our economy than ensuring we have a top-notch educational system that is the envy of the world.

Printing ballots in multiple languages costs millions of dollars every year. It also discourages immigrants from integrating into American society and gaining the benefits that come from speaking English.

Especially during the first nine months, there was so much going on with trying to hire 55 people to run the city, it was hard to imagine any honeymoon.

America’s largest trade deficit is with China, a nation that enjoys Permanent Normal Trade Relations with the U.S. and ties its currency to the dollar to make it a more competitive trading partner.

After seven years, you think you’re home free. I was told that I had less of a chance of the cancer reoccurring than if I had never had cancer at all.

These smugglers, many of them present in trafficking through my State of Arizona, create false Social Security cards, false green cards, visas and a variety of other fraudulent documents as an essential part of their...

Small businesses are the economic drivers of our country, providing the stimulus our communities need.

Eligible citizens from any State in the Union can serve in the Border Protection Corps of that State.

That we have children coming into this world already polluted, at the same time we don’t know what the effects of that pollution will be on their mental and physical development, is both bad policy...

Color is an intense experience on its own.

I think I was first to do live performances on a modern electronic sound synthesizer.

If we don’t continue to pursue alternative, emissions-free energy sources like nuclear fuel, we are at risk of increasing our dependence on costly natural gas.

Believe me, I’m not going to try to get into testing.

We need a national energy strategy to increase domestic supply, stabilize prices and encourage the development of new, clean sources of power.

Every year thousands of Americans mistakenly refer to Cinco de Mayo as Mexico’s Independence Day.

The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society.

States and counties routinely bear the costs associated with incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens once they enter the criminal justice system.

Therefore, you are not training young people for the world of today and the world of tomorrow unless you are doing proven technology training. That is one of the reasons I’m so concerned.

Real vision demands that we make tough choices. Real vision is responsible and it is paid for.

In order to spur economic growth we need to put the brakes on out of control spending, lower Ohioans tax burden and create a most efficient and effective government.

When George Bush used the Willie Horton ad, he knew what he was doing.

My submission to you is we’re fighting the war on terror not overseas but in our own streets, and we’d be spending vast more fortunes to try to be a defensive country to protect ourselves...

The choice is not between conducting the stem cell research or not conducting it. That is not the choice.