The community of nations may see more and more of the very kind of threat Iraq poses now: a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction, ready to use them or provide them to terrorists. If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow.
Putin wants to reestablish Russian greatness, not as the Cold War, but in 19th century empire terms.
Success is not the measure of a man but a triumph over those who choose to hold him back.
The conservative Republican governors tend to be more oriented toward trying to work with Democrats and getting things done.
What we did with deeming rules were designed – it was designed to keep costs from coming on to the government that should be borne by families of immigrants who actually have incomes and can afford to pay.
We must say no to illegal immigration so we can continue to say yes to legal immigration.
We can’t afford to lose control of our own borders or to take on new financial burdens at a time when we are not adequately providing for the jobs, the health care and the education of our own people.
The simple fact is that we must not-and we will not-surrender our borders to those who wish to exploit our history of compassion and justice.
Just as war is freedom’s cost, disagreement is freedom’s privilege.
Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And I hope I never get into that.
We’ve had periods of meanness in American politics. Actually, the dawn of partisan division in America was basically in George Washington’s second term, when it was obvious that he would be the first and only consensus president.
After years of denial and deception, the Philip Morris company has admitted that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer and other diseases. This formal acknowledgment comes far too late but still we must all welcome it. It can be the beginning of clearing the air.
Only the police should have handguns.
When personal freedom’s being abused, you have to move to limit it. That’s what we did in the announcement I made last weekend on the public housing projects, about how we’re going to have weapon sweeps.
The era of big government is over, but the era of big challenge is not. We need an era of big citizenship. There are many important people at this summit, but the most important title is ‘citizen.’ This is our republic. Let us keep it!
I think if the White House or the President want to say anything about our conversations or anything I tried to do to help our country with their support or at their request, then I think they should be the ones to do that. But I think that former presidents should do that.
I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.
Running helps me stay on an even keel and in an optimistic frame of mind.
We should, all of us, be filled with gratitude and humility for our present progress and prosperity. We should be filled with awe and joy at what lies over the horizon. And we should be filled with absolute determination to make the most of it.
It depends upon what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.