Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Rooted deeply in our Judeo-Christian heritage, the practice of offering thanksgiving underscores our unshakable belief in God as the foundation of our Nation and our firm reliance upon Him from Whom all blessings flow.

I have learned that one of the most important rules in politics is poise - which means looking like an owl after you have behaved like a jackass.

For the average American, the message is clear. Liberalism is no longer the answer. It is the problem.

For the eight years I was president I never let my dream of a nuclear-free world fade from my mind.

Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession... and I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

God, the source of our knowledge, has been expelled from the classroom. He gives us His greatest blessing, life, and yet many would condone the taking of innocent life. We expect Him to protect us in a crisis, but turn away from Him too often in our day-to-day living. I wonder if He isn't waiting for us to wake up.

What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice.