Nothing that we have authorized conflicts with any law regarding privacy or any provision of the constitution.

The transmission of values from one generation to the next is the single most important task of the society. ...What am I doing to shape the values of the society?

Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent was another world of risk

I don't play full court anymore. I just play half-court.

Unique among the nations, America recognized the source of our character as being godly and eternal, not being civic and temporal. And because we have understood that our source is eternal, America has been different. We have no king but Jesus.

We must embrace the power of faith, but we must never confuse politics and piety. For me, may I say that it is against my religion to impose my religion.

By tearing down the wall between law enforcement and the intelligence community, we have been able to share information in a way that was virtually impossible before the Patriot Act.