I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.

It's a mandate for you to do in office what you said you would do on the campaign trail.

Well, marriage is a very important part of our culture and our society. If we want to have a hopeful and decent society, we ought to aim for the ideal.

I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.

What Mr. Obama wants in a nominee isn't really 'empathy' and 'understanding.' He wants a liberal, activist Supreme Court justice.

5,000 years of human history should not be overthrown by the acts of a few liberal judges or by the acts of a few local elected officials.

For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.