The people's instincts are still right. You see them come to the rescue of someone-a child who falls down a well-hundreds of people rush to help, and labor and equipment are volunteered without any thought of who's going to pay for it. This is a basic feeling in Americans. They don't stand back in such a circumstance and ask what the government's going to do about it.

There's no question I am an idealist, which is another way of saying 'I am an American.'

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

What would this country be without this great land of ours.

The NRA believes America's laws were made to be obeyed and that our Constitutional liberties are just as important today as 200 years ago. And by the way, the Constitution does not say Government shall decree the right to keep and bear arms. The Constitution says 'The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.'

Trust the people -- that is the crucial lesson of history.

Without God, democracy cannot and will not long endure.