"America has a critical role to play as the most powerful member of the world community."

"The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th."

"Unless action is taken soon - unless we can display the same vision of that earlier period - we will lose the treasure of California's open space and environmental beauty."

"Americans are blessed with great plenty we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine."

"Since the tragedies, the Department of Homeland Security was established to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, and most importantly, to share intelligence information among government agencies and departments."

"The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country, not to manufacture an artificial crisis to serve a special interest agenda out of touch with the needs of Americans."

"For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best."

"I just had the sense that at least the books that I had read about law just didn't really have enough of that."