I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be Catholic) how to act. I do not speak for my church on public matters - and the church does not speak for me.

We want to be first; not first if, not first but; but first!

Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen.

We must seek, above all, a world of peace; a world in which peoples dwell together in mutual respect and work together in mutual regard.

Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.

It is time for a new generation of leadership.

The processes of growth are gradual, bearing fruit in a decade, not a day.