Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession... and I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great.

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.

Anybody from any corner of the world can come to America to live and become an American.

But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.

A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers.

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.