History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.

For millions of men and women, the church has been the hospital for the soul, the school for the mind and the safe depository for moral ideas.

So much of what passes for public life consists of little more than candidates without ideas, hiring consultants without conviction, to stage campaigns without content. The result, increasingly, is elections without voters.

America's leadership is essential. America's resources are vast. America's opportunities are unprecedented.

Conservatism has always meant more to me than simply sticking up for private property & free enterprise. It has also meant defending our heritage & preserving our values.

I do believe, with all my heart and mind and spirit, that I, not as President but as a humble servant of God, will receive justice without mercy if I fail to show mercy.

Let us remember that our national unity is a most priceless asset.