History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.

At the front end, to stop people from illegally entering our country, not at the back end, by reimbursing states after it has failed to enforce the border. [I] would allocate additional resources to enforcing the border, so states such as Texas and California would not have the huge expenses they currently do.

Education is the key to opportunity. It's a ticket out of poverty.

If we have learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we cannot Federalize Virtue.

I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them.

Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective - a New World Order - can emerge. . . Now, we can see a New World Order coming into view. A world in which there is a very real prospect for a New World Order. . .A world where the United Nations, freed from a Cold War stalemate, is poised to fulfill the historic vision of its founders.

We're going to keep trying to strengthen the American family, to make them more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons.