There are worse things to be called than a dreamer.

The joke in our family is that we can cry reading the phone book.

. . . And always remember that you are Americans, and it is your birthright to dream great dreams in this sweet and blessed land, truly the greatest, freest, strongest nation on Earth.

Because you won't get gun control by disarming law abiding citizens. There's only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and the criminals, lock them up, and if you don't actually throw away the key, at least lose it for a long time.

We're looking forward to a great season at the University of California - if we find a way to put cleats on their sandals.

To this day, America is still the abiding alternative to tyranny. This is our purpose in the world, nothing more and nothing less.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The U.S. Geological Survey has told me that the proven potential for oil in Alaska alone is greater than the proven reserves in Saudi Arabia.