With the end of the cold war, all the 'isms' of the 20th century - Fascism, Nazism, Communism and the evil of apartheid-ism - have failed. Except one. Only democracy has shown itself true the help of all mankind.

Lately the First Amendment has been interpreted to deny equal protection of the law to those who believe in God. The Constitution established freedom for religion, not freedom from religion!

I am not antigovernment. I would not run a campaign against government.

The zeitgeist is for cutting spending and balancing the budget. But I do not want the Republican Party to be perceived as putting the budget ahead of people, jobs and education.

I don't use labels a lot.

All too often the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted, and all too often the Republican Party has written it off.

We must win the war on poverty by enlisting the greatest weapon ever invented - free enterprise