Our American tradition of neighbor helping neighbor has always been one of our greatest strengths and most noble traditions.

Republicans believe the best way to assure prosperity is to generate more jobs. The Democrats believe in more welfare.

I do not believe in taking away the right of the citizen for sporting, for hunting and so forth, or for home defense. But I do believe that an AK-47, a machine gun, is not a sporting weapon or needed for defense of a home.

You get a little stir crazy during the week.

I have recently been told that I am one of the millions of Americans who will be afflicted with Alzheimer's Disease. . .. I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead.

As long as there are guns, the individual that wants a gun for a crime is going to have one and going to get it.

My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.