"There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season."

"My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds."

"Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion."

"We need uniform protection of traditional marriage. You can't have different definitions on something as fundamental as marriage. The Marriage Protection Amendment is the only solution to this problem."

"Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism."

"It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver."

"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."

"The simplest truths often reveal that the light of knowledge dispels the darkness of ignorance."