I ran for Congress not because I was having a mid-life crisis. I left the private sector because I saw a looming financial crisis that was coming to ….

If we're not vigilant foreign countries can have an impact on the political debate in the United States in ways that might not have been true 10, 20,….

Because if you don't have a great workforce, a great higher education system, you're not going to have the next eBay, the next AmGen, the next, you k….

Im very proud that our country still produces people like my son, who choose the path less traveled; that knowingly step up to serve, even though our….

Nobody who lived through the '50s thought the '60s could've existed. So there's always hope..

I had a friend write me that our music was being played at Gay Pride in New York, which is a big compliment. In the biggest city in the country with ….

We've got a lot of work to do economically in this country to bring about a more just and fair economy..

Recording in Nashville was absolutely essential to get the sound, the musicians, the atmosphere, the warmth... There are just cult places like that i….

When someone asks me about violence, I just find it incredible, because what it means is that the person who’s asking that question has absolutely no….

I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy..

Religious freedom is foundational for our country, and we must lead on religious freedom as an example in America..

In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided f….

If we are going to go into a global currency fight against countries like China, well, the US has about 75, 76 billion in foreign reserves. They're g….

I mean, I think a healthy country is a country where people are healthy physically, and a smart country is a country where people are educated..

As a major country music fan, the CMA awards are my favorite!.

In 2002, in this country, there was an observation that for the first time in America, more kids were actively pursuing skateboarding than baseball..

My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and o….

George Jones and I happen to share the same birthday. The first and only time I met him (which I believe was at the Opry if my memory serves me), I t….

God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so that a Phil….

I also believe that Hurricane Katrina did reveal a weakness in our energy supply systems, highlighting the reliance this country has on the gulf coas….

You don't need as much as some of the other artists but you do sing with your eyes close and it gives the illusion that you singing in your sleep and….