You don’t climb mountains without a team, you don’t climb mountains without being fit, you don’t climb mountains without being prepared and you don’t climb mountains without balancing the risks and rewards. And you never climb a mountain on accident – it has to be intentional.
I haven’t inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children.
Genuine dialogue, not rhetorical bomb-throwing, leads to progress.
Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent.
The balance between freedom and security is a delicate one.
There is no getting around it; Congress is failing the American people.
The new Congress needs to move quickly to strengthen the Army and Marines – not to send more troops to Iraq – but to rebuild our capacity to meet national security threats globally.
I support allowing gay couples to marry because of – not in spite of – my values. And many of those values are the same ones deeply held by those who do not believe in gay marriage.
Good-faith re-examination of a position you’ve held in the past should be seen as a virtue, not a vice.
It’s tough to know the value of water until it’s gone.
I think most Americans would agree people should be treated equally and everyone ought to be able to pursue a fulfilling life with the ones they love.
Some of the best times I’ve spent in Colorado have been in the backcountry with my mom and siblings, and more recently, with my own kids. That is why I’m concerned to see today’s kids spending more time browsing the Internet than exploring nature.