You can't be too right too soon and win elections.

Prayer is not a substitute for work. First we have to do all we can ourselves to understand a situation. Then when we ask for help, sometimes it is very evident, sometimes it isn't. Sometimes we may well be helped by not getting a decision.

The pursuit of the difficult makes men strong

I'm concerned about truth and credibility in government.

Extremism in defense of liberty is not a vice, but I denounce political extremism, of the left or the right, based on duplicity, falsehood, fear, violence and threats when they endanger liberty.

Too often we shape our public positions on the basis of our economic connections. That brings us dangerously close to economic determinism.

My wife has been my greatest earthly inspiration. She excels in eloquence, the poetry of words, empathy and graciousness.