"If I weren't doing the politics, I wouldn't be doing my job."

"I am against the death penalty."

"I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me."

"My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty."

"The pursuit of excellence requires knowing that a mind at peace can weather any storm."

"Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government."

"The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it."

"He who conquers his inner doubts has already won half the war."