Those who commit gun crimes and those who enable them should know this: We're coming after you.

I deeply admire the American Presidency as a political and constitutional institution. I believe it is, one of the great, and remarkable innovations in our Constitution, and has been one of the most successful features of the Constitution in protecting the liberties of the American people.

Even in the best of times, there is no tougher calling than serving as a police officer.

Nationwide injunctions undermine the democratic process, depart from history and tradition, violate constitutional principles, and impede sound judicial administration, all at the cost of public confidence in our institutions and particularly in our courts as apolitical decision-makers dispassionately applying objective law.

Anyone with a cursory knowledge of American history knows that unchecked spying undermines democracy and public trust.

We have testimony saying, and I think common sense also dictates, that in a failed state like Syria, you don't have any government information, police reports to rely on to vet somebody. So there's no way to do a background check from somebody coming out of Syria. There's no way we can find out whether they're safe or not.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.