Religion is a personal, private matter and parents, not public school officials, should decide their children's religious training. We should not have teacher-led prayers in public schools, and school officials should never favor one religion over another, or favor religion over no religion (or vice versa). I also believe that schools should not restrict students' religious liberties. The free exercise of faith is the fundamental right of every American, and that right doesn't stop at the schoolhouse door.

I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound perch in my lake.

America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused - preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.

When an 18-year-old Palestinian girl is persuaded to blow herself up, and in doing so she kills a 17-year-old Israeli girl, we are watching the future itself die!

All I can tell you is when the governor calls, I answer his phone.

Hindsight alone is not wisdom. And second-guessing is not a strategy.

This is what I'm good at. I like meeting people, my fellow citizens, I like interfacing with them.