I believe strongly in the Constitutional principle of separating church and state. Our founders were right in fearing that religious freedom would be threatened in the long run by a departure from governmental neutrality in spiritual matters.

My parents were second cousins. That is enough to explain all of my peculiarities.

The natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should.

Just to travel is rather boring, but to travel with a purpose is educational and exciting.

My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another.

It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can.

Peace requires the simple but powerful recognition that what we have in common as human beings is more important and crucial than what divides us.