In this springtime of hope, some lights seem eternal; America's is.

I do not feel betrayed. ... He has a fine record. He is a national hero. (On Oliver L North's work)

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

Permanent brain damage is one of the inevitable results of the use of marijuana.

People are tired of wasteful government programs and welfare chiselers, and they are angry about the constant spiral of taxes and government regulations, arrogant bureaucrats, and public officials who think all of mankind's problems can be solved by throwing the taxpayers dollars at them.

We don't lump people by groups or special interests. And let me add, in the party of Lincoln there is no room for intolerance and not even a small corner for anti-Semitism or bigotry of any kind. Many people are welcome in our house, but not the bigots.

The struggle now going on for the world will never be decided by bombs or rockets, by armies or military might. The real crisis we face today is a spiritual one; at root, it is a test of moral will and faith.