Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.

Well, first of all, I don't want to debate the word conservative, but by my definition, a conservative is someone who wants to conserve the Constitution of the United States and the American tradition and law that no one is above the law.

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

And for whatever reason I've loved the news since I can remember. I loved it when I was in elementary school.

I'm a believer in what your record is. I am what my record is - some of it good, some of it bad, some of it hard to tell.

The American Dream is one of the greatest ideas in the history of human achievement . . . It thrives today in an age when its core components of freedom and opportunity are open to more Americans than ever before. It holds a real, identifiable place in the American heart and mind, and it informs the aspirations of everyone from farmers to software developers, from detectives to bankers, from soldiers to social workers . . . It defines us as a people, even as we add to its meaning with each new chapter in our national experience and our individual actions.

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.