I think it's important to promote a culture of life. I think a hospitable society is a society where every being counts and every person matters. I believe the ideal world is one in which every child is protected in law and welcomed to life. I understand there's great differences on this issue of abortion. But I believe reasonable people can come together and put good law in place that will help reduce the number of abortions.

Thousands of trained killers are plotting to attack us, and this terrible knowledge requires us to act differently.

... for those of us who lived through these events, the only marker we'll ever need is the tick of a clock at the 46th minute of the eighth hour of the 11th day.

Sometimes when I sleep at night I think of (Dr. Seuss's) 'Hop on Pop.'

I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way.

The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.

I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Chanukah.