Christianity doesn't demand that we worship our ancestors. If we don't remember our ancestors, then, in all likelihood, we cannot also recall the distant past.

I envy those Hindus and Buddhists who have in their religion philosophy and ancestor worship which build in the believer a continuity with the past, and that most important ingredient in the building of a nation - memory.

The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters.

While we can remember the past, we cannot write the future. Only our children, the future of our community, can do that.

We cannot gamble with American lives. I will not gamble with American lives.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.