Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step, bit by bit, as the river creates a canyon, the way of life that we…

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Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.

Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.

I'm totally opposed to vouchers. I will fight them tooth and nail.

I'm totally opposed to vouchers. I will fight them tooth and nail.

I made education the highest priority of my campaign - actually education and jobs -...

I made education the highest priority of my campaign - actually education and jobs -...

You can set up whatever negotiations or structure you want, but until the Palestinians are...

You can set up whatever negotiations or structure you want, but until the Palestinians are...

We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances,...

We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances,...

Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it,...

Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it,...

Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench....

Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench....

We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need...

We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need...

Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure.

Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure.

I want to attract the best people into teaching.

I want to attract the best people into teaching.

If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our...

If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our...

America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.

America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.

It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals...

It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals...

In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die.

In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die.

Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on...

Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on...

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.

Arafat was a barrier to peace.

Arafat was a barrier to peace.

I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge,...

I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge,...

As long as the Palestinians send terrorists onto school buses and to nightclubs to blow...

As long as the Palestinians send terrorists onto school buses and to nightclubs to blow...

I'd like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis...

I'd like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis...