We live by hope. We do not ever get all we want when we want it. But we have to believe that someday, somehow, some way, it will be better and that we can make it so.

The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one.

If I believe in something, I will fight for it with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing. Professional liberals want the fiery debate. They glory in defeat. The hardest job for a politician today is to have the courage to be a moderate. It's easy to take an extreme position.

Equality means equality for all - no exceptions, no 'yes, buts', no asterisked footnotes imposing limits.

Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.

Peace is not passive, it is active. Peace is not appeasement, it is strength. Peace does not 'happen,' it requires work.

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.