My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers.

This intolerable dependence on foreign oil threatens our economic independence and the very security of our nation. The energy crisis is real. It is worldwide. It is a clear and present danger to our nation. These are facts and we simply must face them.

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.

I'm much more introspective than I was, say, thirty years ago.

I don't think that the total creation took place in six days as we now measure time. If we can confirm, say, the Big Bang theory, that doesn't at all cause me to question my faith that God created the Big Bang.

From the beginning, the United States has enjoyed close and valued ties with the Muslim world.

My opinion of the Russians has changed most drastically in the last week than even (sic) the two-and-a-half years before that. It's only now dawning upon the world the magnitude of the action that the Soviets undertook in invading Afghanistan.