From my mother I learned the value of prayer, how to have dreams and believe I could make them come true.

But the simple truth is that we've lost control of our own borders, and no nation can do that and survive.

Government is not the answer to the problem - it IS the problem.

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

Our enemies may be irrational, even outright insane, driven by nationalism, religion, ethnicity or ideology. They do not fear the United States for its diplomatic skills or the number of automobiles and software programs it produces. They respect only the firepower of our tanks, planes and helicopter gunships.

Every honor is appropriate for the courageous Americans who made the supreme sacrifice for our Nation at Pearl Harbor and in the many battles that followed in World War II. Their sacrifice was for a cause, not for conquest; for a world that would be safe for future generations. Their devotion must never be forgotten.