George H.W. Bush: “I object, however, to the Federal Government mandating leave policies for America's employers and work force.”

We're a blessed nation because we can grow our own food. A nation that can feed its people is a nation more secure.

Michael Dukakis has opposed virtually every defense system we've developed.

This means that people of every race, religion, ethnicity can be fully and equally American. It means that bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the American creed.

Strength is not empty rhetoric. It's not bluster. And in my experience, the strongest person usually isn't the loudest one in the room.