Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.

Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.

It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.

One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.

"We, the people." It is a very elegant beginning. But when that document was completed on the 17th of September in 1787, I was not included in that "We, the people."

It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest.