What about the rest of life? Respect for the sanctity of life, if you believe that it begins at conception, cannot end at birth.

When you study history and look at every civilization that has grown up and died off, they all leave one remnant: a major sports colosseum at the heart of their capital. Our fate can be different; but only if we start doing things differently.

I'm from Minnesota. I'm optimistic. I mean, that's just who I am.

Even if America tomorrow - and it won't happen overnight - but if we did reduce our demand for gas and natural gas and crude oil by a significant degree, that does have an exponential effect on producers in the Middle East, everything else being equal. But if China's demand is growing and India's demand is growing, they are not going back.

A generation ago [the Democratic Party] stood for progressive change. Now they defend every federal program as if each were sacred. They have become the most conservative force in American politics.

Remember, in China when you are one in a million, there are 1,300 other people just like you.

We need to become energy independent or at least aspire to that.