"Statesman" gives the impression that every time a major issue comes up, I'll be popping off. And that's not what's going to happen.

On all vital measures, measures necessary to protect you, the Democrats in Washington follow a simple philosophy: Just say no.

Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.

We Americans have faith in ourselves, but not in ourselves alone. We do not know-we do not claim to know all the ways of Providence, yet we can trust in them, placing our confidence in the loving God behind all of life, and all of history.

I'm uncomfortable trying to rush change of perception, except to the extent that I'm going to write a book.

For most of the world, there's no greater symbol of America than the Statue of Liberty. It has been an inspiration to generations of immigrants. One of these immigrants was a poet-writer named Ameen Rihani. Gazing at her lamp held high, he wondered whether her sister might be erected in the lands of his Arab forefathers. Here is how he put it: "When will you turn your face toward the East, oh Liberty?"

The United States does not torture.