constituted a critical lapse in judgement and a personal failure on my part for which I am solely responsable

I will get things done for America.... Faced with apathy, I will take action. Faced with conflict, I will seek common ground.... Faced with adversity, I will persevere. I will carry this commitment with me this year. I am an Americorps volunteer.

Torture must only be hypothetical exception, not US policy.

I will tell you this: I will not raise taxes on the middle-class to pay for these programs.

[Illegal immigration] costs the taxpayers of the United States a lot of money. And it's unfair to Americans who are working every day to pay their own bills. It's also unfair to a lot of people who have waited in line for years and years in other countries to be legal immigrants.

Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go.

It is time to stop personal destruction and prying into private lives