For the first time in a long time, our leaders in Washington understand what Americans of all religious backgrounds have long held to be true: through faith, all things are possible.

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort

What we learned on September 11 is that the unthinkable is now thinkable in the world

We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a grant of any government or document, but is an endowment from God.

We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things that will elevate our security, reduce the risk of the incidence of terrorist attack

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism

The new rule says that the FBI has the right to go to public places on the same terms and conditions as other members of the public for counterterrorism purposes.

The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'Well done'.

If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating like never before.

An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs.

The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.

The world needs the kind of education by means of which character is formed, strength of the mind is increased and the human intellect is expanded beyond its own limits.

Embrace contradictions for they make upall of life:You will eternally be looking for yourself andseeking ways to lose yourself.

Even though I don't personally believe in the Lord, I try to behave as though He was watching.

Only the search for truth is valid, the desire for wisdom the motive. The method is assimilation, not study.

Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do.

A culture is the sum of all the things about which humanity can choose to differ.

Nana used to say whenever you start feeling like the world is taking a bite out of you, bite back by counting your blessings.

The thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important than how much intelligence you may have.

You've got to guard against speaking more clearly than you think.

I will weep no more for the lost, asleep in their water graves.