I think if my child died I would prefer it if I were dead.
What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning.
Maybe I should just go home and ride my tractor.
Supreme Court nominees should be individuals who not only understand, but truly respect the equal roles and responsibilities of different branches of government and our state governments.
My goal for reform is not necessarily to pass laws but to make sure the laws are being followed.
If I move one way, I lose a couple votes. If I move another way, I lose a couple votes.
John Marshall's warning that the power to tax is the power to destroy has taken on far greater meaning. . . more specifically, the power of the Internal Revenue Service is threatening to destroy the freedom of religion , guaranteed by the First Amendment. As part of that guarantee, Congress has granted tax exemptions for churches to avoid excessive interference in their religious activities.
I always knew, that in some way, I'd be connected to, and involved in, the music business.
I cry all the time. Music makes me cry.
I desire you would remember the ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could… that your sex are naturally tyrannical is a truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute, but such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of master for the more tender and endearing one of friend.
My role in the government was not to think about narratives and consistency with narratives, but think of the human consequences of rules.