"Now, people when I say that look at me and say, 'What are you talking about, Joe? You're telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?'. The answer is yes, that's what I'm telling you."

"I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world."

"This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power."

"The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society."

"Energy directed with unwavering focus can bend the arc of destiny. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet."

"When the United States was founded, the very idea of a nation premised on democratic principles of freedom and tolerance was viewed by the vast majority of the world as an experiment doomed to fail. Dictatorships, monarchies, and theocracies had for many centuries ruled the world."

"He who seeks peace must remember that every ending is merely a new beginning in disguise."