The doors of this Library are open now and are all welcome. The judgment of history is left to you, the people. I have no fears of that, for we have done our best. And so I say, come and learn from it.

Let's face it.., our current [immigration control] system is like a busy intersection without a traffic cop: sure there are laws on the books, but absent enforcement, there are too many accidents.

I have always thought of government as a kind of organism with an insatiable appetite for money, whose natural state is to grow forever unless you do something to starve it.

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.

Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others.

In an atmosphere of liberty, artists and patrons are free to think the unthinkable and create the audacious; they are free to make both horrendous mistakes and glorious celebrations.

Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day.