I despise all adjectives that try to describe people as liberal or conservative, rightist or leftist, as long as they stay in the useful part of the road.

Teachers need our active support and encouragement. They are doing one of the most necessary and exacting jobs in the land. They are developing our most precious national resource: our children, our future citizens.

Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply held religious belief - and I don't care what it is.

No treaty or international agreement can contravene the Constitution.

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.

As for myself and for the Secretary of State and others involved, including those in the Legislature, we stand ready to do anything, to meet with anyone, anywhere, as long as we may do so in self-respect, demanding the respect due this Nation, and there is any slightest idea or chance of furthering this great cause of peace.