I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size.

If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.

My mother took us to services at the Episcopal church. Yet she always said that God was not just inside the four walls of a house of worship, but everywhere - in the rising sun over Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, a splash of water along the nearby Salt or Verde rivers, or clouds driving over the Estrella Mountains, south of downtown. I've always thought of God in those terms.

Once upon a time our traditional goal in war and can anyone doubt that we are at war? - was victory. Once upon a time we were proud of our strength, our military power. Now we seem ashamed of it. Once upon a time the rest of the world looked to us for leadership. Now they look to us for a quick handout and a fence-straddling international posture.

Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: "One can disagree without being disagreeable."

None of us here in Washington knows all or even half of the answers ... If you love your country, don't depend on handouts from Washington for your information. If you cherish your freedom, don't leave it all up to big government.

I think some highly secret government UFO investigations are going on that we don't know about--and probably never will unless the Air Force discloses them.