The state's interest in effective crime-fighting should never vitiate the citizens' Bill of Rights.

I think all we should legislate is morality.

Our priorities should be: recognizing the voice of God and responding to the voice of God.

Leaders select noble objectives and pursue them with such intensity that others join them. ... The greatest of all leaders from this perspective was Jesus Christ. ....May your choices be so powerful and magnetic that you'll draw people toward life (Duet. 30:19, ...therefore choose life.-) rather than death, blessing rather than cursing.

The charges of the hysterics are revealed for what they are: castles in the air built on misrepresentation, supported by unfounded fear, held aloft by hysteria.

To those who scare peace loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: your tactics aid terrorists for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve. They give ammunition to America's enemies and pause to America's friends.

Civilized people - Muslims, Christians and Jews - all understand that the source of freedom and human dignity is the Creator.