I've always thought New Year's Day was an especially American tradition, full of the optimism and hope we're famous for in our daily lives -- an energy and confidence we call the American spirit. Perhaps because we know we control our own destiny, we believe deep down inside that working together we can make each new year better than the old.

If not us, who? And if not now, when?

Government should uphold-and not undermine-those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded: religion, education and, above all, family.

Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.

I supported this bill. I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and who have lived here even though sometime back they may have entered illegally.

I don't know why anyone would want to study the expansion of the universe.

We didn't discover our values in a poll taken a week before the convention.