Civility is not a sign of weakness.

Remember that our nation's first great leaders were also our first great scholars.

Peace is a process, a way of solving problems

This knowledge, the knowledge that the physical well-being of the citizen is an important foundation for all of the activities of the nation, is as old as Western civilization itself.

Lofty words cannot construct an alliance or maintain it; only concrete deeds can do that.

Life in freedom is not easy, and democracy is not perfect.

I am flatly opposed to appointment of an ambassador to the Vatican. Whatever advantages it might have in Rome - and I'm not convinced of these - they would be more than offset by the divisive effect at home.