I understand the Second Amendment. I support it. People have the right to bear arms.

With the spirit of my administration, New York City is poised for dramatic change. The era of fear has had a long enough reign.

America needs to be defended. We need missile defense to better police the skies over the United States.

The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified.

My father used to say to me, 'Whenever you get into a jam, whenever you get into a crisis or an emergency, become the calmest person in the room and you'll be able to figure your way out of it.'

Revenge is not a noble sentiment, but it is a human one.

It's about time law enforcement got as organized as organized crime.

When you confront a problem you begin to solve it.

We had no domestic attacks under Bush.

Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.

What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies.

That was when I learned that kindness could break a heart just as sure as meanness. The difference was the kindness made that broken heart softer. Meanness just made the heart want to be hard.

The idea is to die young as late as possible.

It is highly convenient to believe in the infinite mercy of God when you feel the need of mercy, but remember also his infinite justice.

When I'm around animals, I don't pay attention to people.

It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them.

Habits begin as offhanded remarks, ideas and images. And then, layer upon layer, through practice, they grow from cobwebs into cables that shackle or strengthen our lives.

Children always turn towards the light. Oh that grown-up people in this world became like little children!

I am not sure that God always knows who are his great men; he is so very careless of what happens to them while they live.

A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught.

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.