Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog.

An essential part of teaching children to be disciplined and responsible is to have them learn to work.

For me, it was a choice between band and drama - and I hated the band teacher.

Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have left us with.