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.

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 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.

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

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.

There is no real aloneness. There is solitude and the nurturing silence that is relationship with ourselves, but even then we are part of something larger.

Islam never tells people to go out and kill other people.

I do not know all of the providences of the Lord, but I do know that he permits false doctrine to be taught in and out of the Church and that such teaching is part of the sifting process of mortality

Father, I beg of Thee a little task To dignify my days, 'tis all I ask.

I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends. We're all good friends.

The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life

We shouldn’t come up with a pseudo-spiritual excuse for turning away from the pain of the world.

What a sight there is in that "smile!" it changes like a chameleon. There is a vacant smile, a cold smile, a smile of hate, a satiric smile, an affected smile; but, above all, a smile of love.

I am naturally taciturn, and became a silent and attentive listener.

We know that when we protect our oceans we're protecting our future.