I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.

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.

There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.

An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.

Our Nation has a diverse and extremely rich cultural heritage. It is a source of pride and strength to millions of Americans who look to the arts for inspiration, communication and the opportunity for creative self-expression.

Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.

It feels like getting a back massage from the Grim Reaper: one must get comfortable with the most horrifying things in the world.