My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.
Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish.
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.
Here's a news flash: No soldier gives his life. That's not the way it works. Most soldiers who make a conscious decision to place themselves in harm's way do it to protect their buddies. They do it because of the bonds of friendship - and it goes so much deeper than friendship.
The best way to promote and protect opportunity is through collaboration, consensus-building, and pragmatic problem-solving. Throughout nearly 30 years in public service, I have approached tough challenges by making room for as many people as possible around the table in search of common ground.