I made the decision long ago that to be afraid would be to diminish my life.

Until the day I die, or until the day I can't think anymore, I want to be involved in the issues that I care about.

I worked with some wonderful people, tried my best and I feel comfortable.

I just try to do my best and make the best judgments I can.

I had concluded when I was the prosecutor that I would vote against the death penalty if I were in the legislature but that I could ask for it when I was satisfied as to guilt.

We are trying to identify employers that might be [hiring illegal aliens] and to take effective action against them. We're trying to make sure that employers that want to cooperate have a system whereby they can verify the employment status of a person that they are seeking to hire. It is part of a comprehensive initiative in which we look both at the border, at the workplace, at criminal aliens, in an attempt to have a comprehensive effort aimed at stopping illegal immigration while at the same time promoting legal immigration according to principles of due process.

Nobody should be owning a gun which does not have a sporting purpose.