Rafael Palmeiro is a friend. He testified in public and I believe him. He's the kind of person that's going to stand up in front of the Klieg lights and say he didn't use steroids, and I believe him.

I said to him, 'You know, I found that story very interesting. You see, President Putin, I think you judge a person on something other than just politics. I think it's important for me and for you to look for the depth of a person's soul and character. I was touched by the fact your mother gave you the cross.' I was able to get a sense of his soul.

If it were to rain a lot, there is concern from the Army Corps of Engineers that the levees might break.

If he's trying to allege that I'm a hardhearted person and I don't care about children, he's absolutely wrong.

After September the 11th, 2001, we've taught the terrorists a ... lesson.

America will not run in defeat, and we will not forget our responsibilities. We have brought down two murderous regimes. We're driving terrorists from their sanctuaries. We're putting the terrorists on the run all across the world.

Now, maybe they'll stop using those words when they talk about me. It's hurtful.

[Mincberg told IBD that] in the wake of the tragedy ... appeasing the right.

Of course, there's disagreement, ... We're watching a political process unfold, a process that has encouraged debate and compromise - a constitution that was written in a society in which people recognize that there had to be give and take.