We have seen numerous instances in which American businesses have brought in foreign skilled workers after having laid off skilled American workers, simply because they can get the foreign workers more cheaply. It has become a major means of circumventing the costs of paying skilled American workers or the costs of training them.

[Write to your congressional representative against the health care reform proposal or] we will awake to find that we have socialism.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

In closing, let me thank you, the American people, for giving me the great honor of allowing me to serve as your president. When the Lord calls me home, whenever that day may be, I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours and eternal optimism for its future. I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead.

For an America of wisdom that honors the family, knowing that if the family goes, so goes our civilization.

In America, our origins matter less than our destination, and that is what democracy is all about.