It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.

All my growth and development led me to believe that if you really do the right thing, and if you play by the rules, and if you?ve got good enough, solid judgment and common sense, that you?re going to be able to do whatever you want to do with your life.

If you had to work in the environment of Washington, D.C., as I do, and watch those men who are so imprisoned and so confined by their eighteenth-century thought patterns, you would know that if anybody is going to be liberated, it's men who must be liberated in this country.

For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it.

If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them.

We want to be in control of our lives. Whether we are jungle fighters, craftsmen, company men, gamesmen, we want to be in control. And when the government erodes that control, we are not comfortable.

There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.