"This country has nothing to fear from the crooked man who fails. We put him in jail. It is the crooked man who succeeds who is a threat to this country." 

~ President Theodore Roosevelt, Memphis, TN, October 25, 1905 

“We need to make the death penalty a real deterrent again by actually carrying it out. Every appeal that can be made should have to be made at one time, not in a serial manner. If murderers (and I would include abortionists, rapists, and kidnappers, as well) are actually executed, it will at least have the deterrent effect upon them. For my money, we should go back to public hangings, which would be more of a deterrent to others, as well.”

~ North Carolina State Assemblyman Larry Pittman (R-NC) 

"If we legalized marijuana, everything Ron Paul says would suddenly seem to make sense."

~ Andy Borowitz via @borowitzreport

Las Vegas, NV  - "We hired a lawn company to mow our lawn, and they had illegal immigrants who were working there. And when that was pointed out to us we let them go. And we went to the company and we said, look: you can’t have any illegals working on our property, that’s, I’m running for office for Pete’s sake, I can’t have illegals. “ 

~ Gov. Mitt Romney during GOP Presidential Debate,  October 18, 2011 

“The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public.”  ~ Robert F. Kennedy, 1964

‎"Those of us who've been sent here to serve can learn a thing or two from the service of our troops. When you put on that uniform, it doesn't matter if you're black or white, Asian, Latino, Native American, conservative, liberal, rich, poor, gay, straight. When you're marching into battle, you look out for the person next to you, or the mission fails. When you're in the thick of the fight, you rise or fall as one unit, serving one nation, leaving no one behind." ~ President Barack Obama, SOTU Jan. 21, 2012 

"What part of full disclosure does Mitt Romney not understand?"
http://decoded.nationaljournal.com/2012/01/what-part-of-full-disclosure-d.php 

‎"Our focus over the last 12 months has been on jobs. Our focus over the course of the next 12 months is going to be on jobs." ~ Speaker John Boehner, appearing earlier today on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace. 

"When I was first starting out I was told I shouldn't try to go into politics and public service; I should be a secretary instead. Well, he got it half right." ~ U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, speaking to caucus goers at Cheyenne High School in North Las Vegas, NV (Jan. 21, 2012) 

"Are you fired up? Are you ready to go?" ~Senator Barack Obama, 2008 (an appropriate reminder on the day of Nevada's Democratic caucuses)