More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform.

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.

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.

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.

Theology is like assuming that there is a black cat in a dark room where in fact there is no black cat, and endeavoring to study the cat's properties and how it may have evolved from its ancestors.

Insight leads to Realisation. Realisation changes the lens, which changes the conversation. And this is the start.

There is simply no issue more important. Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth, and that, above all else, is worth fighting for.

At the time of his death, John Kennedy had a national security establishment that was a writhing ball of snakes.

In the world of comedy, there's this: "If it's going badly, get off. If it's going well, get off". You can't argue with that either.

It's the unknown that draws people.

For the record, I hate skiing... and if you get killed doing it, GOOD.

Phones and soundtracks and Muzak and fountains replace genuine and unpredictable human contact with a seamless soundtrack from a bad movie and a cliche that makes us believe we must all be happy.

Anger assists hands however weak. [Lat., Quamlibet infirmas adjuvat ira manus.]