Too often character assassination has replaced debate in principle here in Washington. Destroy someone's reputation, and you don't have to talk about what he stands for.

There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war, it's to be prepared for peace.

In opening our hearts, we hope this might promote greater awareness of this condition. Perhaps it will encourage a clearer understanding of the individuals and families who are affected by it.

When cruelty is inflicted on innocent people, it discredits whatever cause.

The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government.

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

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.