The young patriots now returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan and other deployments worldwide are joining the ranks of veterans to whom America owes an immense debt of gratitude.

I also believe that Hurricane Katrina did reveal a weakness in our energy supply systems, highlighting the reliance this country has on the gulf coast for our energy resources.

Twenty-five million veterans are living among us today. These men and women selflessly set aside their civilian lives to put on the uniform and serve us.

America's veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.

Since the Revolution, eight generations of America's veterans have established an unbroken commitment to freedom.

From a generation that came of age during the Great Depression, millions of our country's best and bravest took up arms in a worldwide struggle against tyranny.

Each family of the United States military now attends to their loved ones funeral with a wrenching worry that it will be met possibly with a protest or a demonstration.

The nation's obligation to her defenders is as old as that defense itself.

In fact, it is often times a detriment for the Government to preemptively legislate on an issue before we can either define it or grasp its impact.

I expect VA's inspector general and the FBI to work closely together so that we can identify and eliminate the flaws that allowed this leak and prosecute any criminal acts.

The men and women of today's VA are dedicated to caring for today's veterans and stand ready to provide for our servicemembers who now defend our freedoms and our way of life.

When people pressure you to engage in negative decisions and actions, look at them boldly in the eyes and dare them to do good.

We expect too much of new buildings, and too little of ourselves.

It is going to take a very brave man to love me.

The land of milk and honey, they say it is the land of money.

We must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering.

I've done so many dramas in my life, and people don't even know I came from comedy.

The best parts of any story to me are the unexpected things, and we have really imaginative, smart writers - I can't wait to see what they make with the ingredients they have on hand.

Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French.

How will I be remembered? As a technician or artist? As a humorist or a visionary?

Leaders anticipate. Losers react