Chicago is known for good steaks, expensive stores and beautiful architecture. Unfortunately, the Windy City also enjoys a reputation for corrupt politics, violent crime, and some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere in the country. – Bob Barr
Looking down the road, space exploration and the benefits it yields – in medicine and information technology – should not be overlooked. – Bob Barr
Iran is not a make-believe country. It is a real country populated by some 75 million people – real people including, I daresay, a majority who are philosophically and by education inclined toward the modern, secular world, and particularly American values. – Bob Barr
It is difficult, if not impossible, to argue that laws written in the 1970s are adequate for todays intelligence challenges. – Bob Barr
The sky was dark and gloomy, the air was damp and raw, the streets were wet and sloppy. The smoke hung sluggishly above the chimney-tops as if it lacked the courage to rise, and the rain came slowly and doggedly down, as if it had not even the spirit to pour. – Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers