For me journalism has been more a matter of projecting a particular approach to covering policies to covering issues. It was a continuation of what I tried to do in government.
We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters.
It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government each with some independence and some control over the other two. That's set out in the Constitution.
The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked like Brett Favre it just keeps coming back.
Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.
On one of the most personal matters of our lives our health care President Obama would turn decision making over to government bureaucrats. He forced through Obama-care and I will repeal it.
On account of being a democracy and run by the people we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years no matter what it does.
When any government or any church for that matter undertakes to say to its subjects This you may not read this you must not see this you are forbidden to know the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.
If you're happy if you're feeling good then nothing else matters.
The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess and no matter how good one's sentiments may be if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better.
As is a tale so is life: not how long it is but how good it is is what matters.
Life is not a matter of holding good cards but of playing a poor hand well.
The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get I'll never be as good as a wall.
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness you have good manners no matter what fork you use.
Don't follow any advice no matter how good until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.
I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant but basically if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.
I believe that the people instead of pretty lies should be told the truth no matter how ugly it may be. What can we do destiny hasn't been kind to us but with the help of God we will prevail.
I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him they all fled my mind and it didn't seem to matter.
The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone play a slide trombone plant a small tree good God now you're free.
If you tell God no because He won't explain the reason He wants you to do something you are actually hindering His blessing. But when you say yes to Him all of heaven opens to pour out His goodness and reward your obedience. What matters more than material blessings are the things He is teaching us in our spirit.
Every test every trial every heartache that's been significant I can turn it over and see how God has turned it into good no matter what.
There are matters in the Bible said to be done by the express commandment of God that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice.
No matter what looms ahead if you can eat today enjoy today mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.