I Think A Lot Of Us Share

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 Certain About Our Own Judgment. It Is Knowing That God's Purpose Exceeds Whatever We Can Put In An Agenda.

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 Profess To Be Religious, Even Those Who Worship Regularly, Show No Particular Interest In The World Beyond Themselves.

The Old Adage That Polite Conversation Should Not Include Talk Of Politics Or Religion Is Understandable Because Both Subjects Are So Heavily Laden With Emotion That Discussion Can Quickly Turn To Shouting. Blood Is Shed Over Politics, Religion And The Two In Combination.

The Loudest Voices We Hear Are Those Who Advocate Conflict, Divisiveness.

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 Institution Of Marriage. Today It Seems To Be The Other Way Around.