Maine's welfare program is cannibalizing the rest of state government. To all you able-bodied people out there: Get off the couch and get yourself a job.

Whenever someone forces me to do something against my will, they're infringing upon my freedoms and my liberties. And that's what I think we're doing in Maine when we have fair share, which means that you are required to belong to a union, you're required to pay dues, but you don't want to participate.

The people of Maine were tired of being in debt and tired of being overtaxed.

The worst part of my life is newspapers are still alive - sorry, I had to say it.

Surveillance legislation fit for the 21st century, which strikes the right balance between privacy, security and democracy is a prize worth fighting for, and Labour will work constructively with the government to achieve it.

While American interests in the Middle East must obviously be protected, America's credibility to support democracy for everyone everywhere is crucial.

If the federal government can mandate what we have to spend our own money on, then the federal government can make us buy something even if we are morally opposed to paying for it.

In the early West, law and politics were parallel roads to usefulness as well as distinction.