Yet when the blood of the sons of immigrants and the grandsons of slaves fell on foreign fields, it was American blood. In it you could not read the ethnic particulars of the soldier who died next to you. He was an American. And when I think of how we learned this lesson, I wonder how we could have unlearned it.

When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.

As president, I will fight illegal immigration in order to preserve an appropriate level of legal immigration. At the same time, I believe our system of legal immigration needs to be re-examined. As part of this re-examination, I support a modest, temporary reduction in the annual rate of legal immigration.

We know smoking tobacco is not good for kids, but a lot of other things aren't good. Drinking's not good. Some would say milk's not good.

A government that seizes control of the economy for the good of the people ends up seizing control of the people for the good of the economy

Elizabeth's back at the Red Cross, and I'm walking the dog.

At my age you find yourself looking back from time to time and you begin to appreciate some of the things that happened to you.