Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

Will Rogers once said it is not the original investment in a Congressman that counts; it is the upkeep.

While we cannot guarantee that we shall one day be first, we can guarantee that any failure to make this effort will make us last.

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

If you look throughout human history ... the central epiphany of every religious tradition always occurs in the wilderness.

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, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishoners for whom to vote - where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference - and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the president who might appoint him or the people who might elect him.

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society. ... There is little value in ensuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it.