To the extent that we've got a fiscal crisis right now, part of it is prompted by a bullheaded insistence on the part of the president, for example, that we should extend all of his tax cuts, make all of them permanent.

Excuses are tools of the incompetent used to build bridges to nowhere and monuments of nothingness

While freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by his people here on earth.

It could be another election where the alignments between Republicans and Democrats are different than they were this time and who a foreign country prefers.

We are running out of time

There's a whole generation coming up behind us that was engaged, inspired, worked for change during the course of my presidency, saw what was possible.

Let's be grateful for what we have. Let's be mindful of those who have less. Let's appreciate those who hold a special place in our lives, and make sure they know it. And let's think about those who can't spend the holiday with their loved ones - especially the members of our military serving overseas.