Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race.

There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.

The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

I will continue to push for doubling the strength of the U.S. Border Patrol, and to make sure that every cargo container that enters this nation is screened for radiation and potential weapons of mass...

Our nation is today a powerful nation.

What the Olympics and other mega-events have shown is that the significant investment required to host an international games successfully has the power to transform a region, and even a nation.

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important.

I think that before you take on nation building in your mind’s eye as to how it should be, you’d better have a clear understanding if this is doable and will work.

The messengers of Jesus will be hated to the end of time. They will be blamed for all the division which rend cities and homes. Jesus and his disciples will be condemned on all sides...

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.

Let me say this: I believe closing Guantanamo is in our Nation’s national security interest. Guantanamo is used not only by al-Qaida, but also by other nations, governments, and individuals – people good and bad...

But my view is that you need a system at the border. You need some fencing but you need technology. You need boots on the ground. And then you need to have interior enforcement of...

After singing ‘Same Love’ across the nation, it’s given me faith that I’ve underestimated the straight world.

We need to make it very clear to the Iranians, the same way we made it clear to the Soviet Union and China, that their first use of nuclear weapons would result in the devastation...

Yet, much of what lies beneath the ocean’s surface remains a mystery, and our nation continues to rely on a confused, antiquated system of ocean governance.