One principle is the universality of freedom. I'm a freedom lover.

I'm absolutely confident that everybody that's been put to death is two things: One, they're guilty of the crime charged, and, secondly, they had full access to our courts, both state and federal.

The only thing I know about Slovakia is what I learned first-hand from your foreign minister, who came to Texas.

The problem with golf is I have to deal with a humiliation factor.

There will be no going back to the era before September the 11th, 2001 - to false comfort in a dangerous world.

I am mindful of the difference between the executive branch and the legislative branch. I assured all four of these leaders that I know the difference, and that difference is they pass the laws and I execute them.

I view my time in politics as a chapter, not my life.