We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics who will only grow louder and more dissonant in the weeks to come. We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope. But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. For when we have faced down impossible odds; when we've been told that we're not ready, or that we shouldn't try, or that we can't, generations of Americans have responded with a simple creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes we can.

I would immediately call the president of Mexico, the president of Canada, to try to amend NAFTA, because I think that we can get labor agreements in that agre…

I believe in the redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died-an entire town destroyed.

Once a man has tasted freedom he will never be content to be a slave. That is why I believe that this frightfulness we see everywhere today is only temporary. …

We do not stray out of all words into the ever silent; We do not raise our hands to the void for things beyond hope. ~ 16

I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door- or I'll make a door. Something terrific will co…