Nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a changing world.

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.

What we learned on September 11 is that the unthinkable is now thinkable in the world

Every medium by which people communicate can be subject to exploitation by those with illegal intentions. Nevertheless, this is no reason to hand Big Brother the keys to unlock our e-mail diaries, open our ATM records, read our medical records, or translate our international communications.

Any citizen who's offended ... can leave the service.

If America is to be great in the future, it will be if we understand that our source is not civic and temporal, but our source is godly and eternal.

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.