Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

How could an actor become president?

There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war. It's to be prepared for peace. There's a sign over the entrance to the Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington state, and that sign says it all: 'Peace is our profession'.

Do what's right and you'll please some of the people and astound the rest.

When we speak of peace, we should not mean just the absence of war. True peace rests on the pillars of individual freedom, human rights, national self-determination, and respect for the rule of law.

Tyranny, like fog in the well known poem, often creeps in silently 'on little cat feet.'

My mother told me that everything in life happened for a purpose. She said all things were part of God's plan, even the most disheartening setbacks, and in the end, everything worked out for the best.