Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.

On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

The first real thought that I had of something that I might do was to write for car magazines, because I always had a car thing.

There’s no point in saying anything but the truth.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

I’ve had mixtapes that have been better than albums I’ve heard from other artists. I take my time; I put my heart into it.

If you do things, whether it’s acting or music or painting, do it without fear – that’s my philosophy. Because nobody can arrest you and put you in jail if you paint badly, so there’s nothing to lose.

I loved what I did. I could’ve been secretary of state for ever.

I know I’m talented, but I wasn’t put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mom and look after my family. I love what I do, but it’s not where it begins and ends.

The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.

We must have government that builds stamina into communities and men. That makes men instead of mendicants.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.

Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

There is spontaneity to my work.

The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that’s really the essence of the Christian faith.

All impeachments, I guess, are political.

I love being in the United States Senate.

Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.

I guess you could say it’s always been my destiny to be a performer.

If you love something – and there are things that I love – you do want more and more and more of it, but that’s not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.

Van Gogh never made a penny in his entire lifetime. He painted because it was his soul, his excitement. It was what aligned him with his Source of being. It’s the same with me and writing.

Strong emotions such as passion and bliss are indications that you’re connected to Spirit, or ‚inspired,‘ if you will. When you’re inspired, you activate dormant forces, and the abundance you seek in any form comes streaming into your life.

You don’t come into cooking to get rich.

As an artist your first loyalty is to your art. Unless this is the case, you’re going to be a second-rate artist.

The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.

Democracy passes into despotism.

Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we’ve got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon.

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenseless people.

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

The way to know life is to love many things.

I didn’t want to be a fashion designer, and for a good half of my career I didn’t like it. I always wanted to do other things.

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out… without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.

Policy makers who have never served in the military continue to use the military to lead social change in this country.

To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.

Everyone assumes I practise all of my own laws but I don’t. I think anybody who did would be a horrible ugly person to be around.

Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.

I was always interested in choreography – in making people think and feel something.

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.

I’ve learned over the years that when I go to that place of passion within me, there’s no force in the universe that can interfere with my completing a project.

Don’t lie about anything, ever. Lying leads to Hell.

Right after 9-11, as far as I know, one newspaper in the United States had the integrity to investigate opinion in the Muslim world: the ‚Wall Street Journal.‘

The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.

I don’t believe you could be a 39-year-old quarterback in the NFL and eat cheeseburgers every day. I want to be able to do what I love to do for a long time.

The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.

Ability without honor is useless.

I don’t think that a Justice should have uppermost in her mind, ‚A Democratic president appointed me, so I must leave to be sure that another Democratic president can appoint my successor.‘

The time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching how we walk and how we talk. We must have the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity if we are to continue to have influence.

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

I had a rough childhood coming up, and I just took all that negative energy and made it very positive for myself to drive me. I’m a very driven person. I have passion that almost scares people, just to be successful and make it no matter what.

A lot of people have a sense-of-entitlement mentality that somebody else ought to do these things for them. People are mad at the government for not getting jobs for them. I don’t understand why it’s the government’s responsibility.

Occasionally the conflict between ‚what we stand for‘ and ‚what we do‘ has been forthrightly addressed.

I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

Love in its essence is spiritual fire.