We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don't make us weak. They're the source of our strength.

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The military should be no exception.

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

I believe in the separation of church and state. The government has the right to say what happens in a civil case, like in a court house. And religious people have a right to say what happens in a church congregation. They are two completely separate things.

And I think the almost undeviating support by Great Britain for the ill-advised policies of President Bush in Iraq have been a major tragedy for the world.

Spirit is like the wind, in that we can't see it but can see its effects, which are profound.