The bill's a textbook example of special interest pork barrel politics at work, and I have no choice but to veto it.

Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities are consigned to the dustbin of history. We grew from that small, weak republic which had as its assets spirit, optimism, faith in God and an unshakeable belief that free men and women could govern themselves wisely. We became the leader of the free world, an example for all those who cherish freedom.

Education is like a diamond with many facets: It includes the basic mastery of numbers and letters that give us access to the treasury of human knowledge, accumulated and refined through the ages; it includes technical and vocational training as well as instruction in science, higher mathematics, and humane letters.

You know economists; they're the sort of people who see something works in practice and wonder if it would work in theory.

A state is nothing more than a reflection of its citizens; the more decent the citizens, the more decent the state.

Make no mistake, abortion-on-demand is not a right granted by the Constitution. No serious scholar, including one disposed to agree with the Court's result, has argued that the framers of the Constitution intended to create such a right.

Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.