They're our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.

Mr. President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.

Folks, this government isn't too big to fail, it's too big to succeed.

I always remind people from outside our state that there’s plenty of room for all Alaska’s animals — right next to the mashed potatoes.

Assange is not a 'journalist' any more than the 'editor' of al-Qaeda's new English-language magazine 'Inspire' is a 'journalist.' He is an anti-American operative with blood on his hands.

We need independents, we need the GOP, we need Reagan Democrats.

People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like building a mosque at Ground Zero.

If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?

Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.

We say keep your change, we'll keep our God, our guns, our constitution.

America's finest - our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for.

It is not where we are that matters nor what we have, it is what we do with where we are and what we have.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

I'd say I'm a revolutionary optimist. I believe that the good guys -the people- are going to win.

'ER' was so huge that whatever I did coming back to television, I'd have to feel as strongly about.

I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime.

I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.'

I had the great good fortune to interview Peggy Lee. Her memories of working with Walt Disney and his team were warm and upbeat.

Success is not a harbor but a voyage with its own perils to the spirit. The game of life is to come up a winner, to be a success, or to achieve what we set out to do.

Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance.