Hope remains the highest reality, the age-old power.

We in the United States, above all, must remember that lesson, for we were founded as a nation of openness to people of all beliefs. And so we must remain. Our very unity has been strengthened by our pluralism. We establish no religion in this country, we command no worship, we mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are, and must remain, separate. All are free to believe or not believe, all are free to practice a faith or not, and those who believe are free, and should be free, to speak of and act on their belief.

This country was founded and built by people with great dreams and the courage to take great risks.

Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act.

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so

No nation in history has ever survived a tax burden that reached a third of its national income.