We, unlike Nazi Germany or Mussolini's Italy, have never stopped being a nation of laws, not of men. But witness how men with motives and a majority can manipulate law to cruel and unjust ends.
In the aftermath of September 11, it has been made clear to us that our foreign policy can no longer afford to narrowly focus on short-term benefits. For our nation's long-term security, we must be active in promoting American values abroad through our foreign policy.
We have been partners in nation-building and take our role in building the nation very proudly.
Yet, Puerto Rico's economic convergence and political integration with the rest of the nation is in a state of arrest - even though the island has been within the national borders, political system and customs territory of the U.S. for a century.
Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration, insane business regulations and staggering national unemployment are pushing our nation into unchartered territory.
Legislation passed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 enhanced our intelligence capabilities and strengthened our national defense, but until now our nation's immigration policies have not adapted to the needs of a post-September 11th world.
The National Guard has served America as both a wartime force and the first military responders in times of domestic crisis. Hundreds of times each year, the nation's governors call upon their Guard troops to respond to fires, floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters.
The people that I represent in Illinois care passionately about protecting open space and safeguarding our nation's natural treasures, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.
In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources.
Since its first day as a nation, Israel has lived under a cloud of aggression from militant extremists and hostile neighboring governments.
The Nation needs to take a new approach to our energy problems.
We live in a nation where, when New Jersey figures out how to do something and does it well, and shows progress, it affects other states.
We must embrace the North Korean people as part of the Korean nation, and to do that, whether we like it or not, we must recognize Kim Jong-un as their ruler and as our dialogue partner.
Are wars anything but the means whereby a nation is nourished, whereby it is strengthened, whereby it is buttressed?
Nuclear energy is the scientific achievement of the Iranian nation.
While nothing is certain, I firmly believe our nation is on the verge of a nuclear energy renaissance.
Real power in the modern world is determined by a nation's economic capabilities, not just the nuclear warheads it stores.
I believe if Mr. Obama is reelected, and Israel somehow is unable to interdict the Iranian nation from gaining nuclear weapons themselves, this administration unfortunately, I'm afraid, will allow Iran to gain a nuclear weapon and then pursue what they believe would be the traditional policy of containment.
We're not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation.
