The stronger our gun control laws are, the fewer acts of violence.

Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States.

I support development and deployment of a limited national missile defense. Few if any of our duties surpass our obligation to provide for the common defense of our nation.

I mean, accidents happen. You learn from them and you try to make sure they don't happen again.

In this era of uncertainty and conflict, the United States - blessed with the world's strongest military, most ingenious economy, and most tolerant society - remains a model and leader to the world.

I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership and consensus-building that produce progress in our democracy.

Global warming is not a conqueror to kneel before - but a challenge to rise to. A challenge we must rise to.

I miss the days when faith was discussed in public and not the most intimate details of our personal lives.

While so much of our economic life is thriving, too much of our moral life is still stagnating. As a people, we need to reaffirm our faith.

We know that the Constitution wisely separates church from state, but remember: the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

I believe that our national security lies not just in protecting our borders, but in bridging divides.

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

I wonder if the greatest challenges was to keep pressing into [writing] when I had never been here before. I felt like Abraham - being called to something that he didn't know how to get to.

Sometimes it was hard to express how much you loved someone. You said the words, but you could never quite capture the depth of it. You could never quite hold someone tightly enough.

It is not when it is dangerous to tell the truth that its advocates are hardest to find, but when it is boring.

People associate clothes with actual behavior, and it's kind of crazy. If you get shot in some Levi's you don't go after Levi's. It's not the clothes. It's always the people.

If you're not doing what is best for your body, you are the one who lose.

It's all about the blanket. Blanket, pillow, and red wine. You should always be asleep on a plane.

Haitians weren't screwed-up, but everything political, intellectual, and material around them is.

Being diagnosed with cancer really opened my eyes to the fact anyone can have it and that even though we think we have control over everything in our lives, we don't.

Good old grandsire ... we shall be joyful of thy company.