The founders of the United Nations expected that member nations would behave and vote as individuals after they had weighed the merits of an issue - rather like a great, global town meeting. The emergence of blocks and the polarization of the United Nations undermine all that this organization initially valued.

It's just too bad we can't have an epidemic of botulism.

Yes, the cost is high, but the price of neglect would be infinitely higher.

And let us never forget that in honoring our flag, we honor the American men and women who have courageously fought and died for it over the last 200 years, patriots who set an ideal above any consideration of self. Our flag flies free today because of their sacrifice.

The First Continental Congress made its first act a prayer, the beginning of a great tradition. We have then a lesson from the founders of our land. That lesson is clear: That in the winning of freedom and in the living of life, the first step is prayer.

The future doesn't belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave.

I do not feel betrayed. ... He has a fine record. He is a national hero. (On Oliver L North's work)