The old adage that polite conversation should not include talk of politics or religion is understandable because both subjects are so heavily laden w….

We have a God-given commission, but it is not a commission to be self-righteous know-it-alls- quite the contrary. Our work in God's world begins with….

I have never seen more Senators express discontent with their jobs....I think the major cause is that, deep down in our hearts, we have been accompli….

The loudest voices we hear are those who advocate conflict, divisiveness..

The problem is not that Christians are conservative or liberal, but that some are so confident that their position is God's position that they become….

The Federal Reserve bank buys government bonds without one penny..

Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one..

I think a lot of us share a fear that we and people we love will lose control of our own destinies at the end of life..

We are seekers of the truth, but we do not embody the truth. And in humility, we should recognize that the same can be said about our most ardent foe….

When we vest our personal opinions with the trappings of religion, we make religion the servant of our politics..

I was to Japanese visitors to Washington what the Mona Lisa is to Americans visiting Paris..

In the Middle East, Iraq, Sudan, the former Yugoslavia and Northern Ireland, and many other places in the world, religion has been so divisive that p….

It is concern that precedes and inspires agendas, and survives when agendas fail, and it causes us to try again, always trying our best, never certai….

The starting point is the recognition that throughout history, religion has been a cause of bloodshed, and it remains so today. Because religion has ….

Many, if not most, Americans can imagine a fate worse than death, and it is a seemingly interminable process of dying. For them, it is frightening th….

The Senate is indeed a deliberative body, and that quality serves the nation well. A slow-moving government helps us maintain a stable government. Bu….

Plenty of kind, decent, caring people have no religious beliefs, and they act out of the goodness of their hearts. Conversely, plenty of people who p….

As a senator, I worried every day about the size of the federal deficit. I did not spend a single minute worrying about the effect of gays on the ins….