Tony Snow Quotes

Millions of Americans annually commit themselves to such good works, and no country on earth comes close to matching our record.

The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn`t make you less of what you were. You are still you.

In many cases, a bout with sickness stretches your soul, opens your eyes, and introduces you to a world of unimagined grandeur, possibility and joy.

In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market.

Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks.

Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits.

Investigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can`t be too big of a surprise.

We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend.

The real sin with Social Security is that it`s a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam.

The United States spends more money on African aid than any nation on earth.

Sure, science involves trial and error. Scientists refine theories each day. But as they do, they help us grasp more clearly the wonders of the world and the universe.

It makes no sense to pack an auditorium with 5,000 people and then tell them to keep quiet.

Somewhere near you, somebody right now is trying to help the indigent and poor - providing food, shelter, clothing or simple kindness.

There is no Senate rule governing the proper uses of the filibuster.

That said, ID does not qualify as science because it gives us nothing to test or measure. Science requires replicable tests involving measurable variables.

Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.

It serves notice that President Bush is serious about promoting freedom, because free societies are a lot more peaceable than dictatorships and monarchies.

George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation.

Well, we can`t afford blindness anymore. There are tens of thousands of thugs who loathe liberty and love death, and want to annihilate Western civilization.

The art of being sick is not the same as the art of getting well.

Many people don`t give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto.

To have faith is to believe in truth, believe that truth confers special power on those lucky enough to get a little insight, and to know in our hearts that all these things come from God, which is why we should never get too cocky about our successes.

President Bush has committed billions to the fight against AIDS, thus making retroviral drugs available to millions of HIV-positive Africans.

Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion.

If you think Independence Day is America`s defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.

It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music.

The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two.

We`ve got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn`t just possible, but essential.

Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons.

Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home.

We live in an anaesthetized society.