The larger the slice taken by government, the smaller the cake available for everyone.
I am not a consensus politician. Im a conviction politician.
The price of freedom is still, and always will be, eternal vigilance.
For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other’s good intentions.
Leadership is about having principles. A leader must have a vision and principles that will endure for all time and must always be true to these principles, applying them to changing circumstances.
Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.
Do you think you would ever have heard of Christianity if the Apostles had gone out and said, ‘I believe in consensus?’
Socialists cry “Power to the people”, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean – power over people, power to the State.
History has taught us that freedom cannot long survive unless it is based on moral foundations. You can get the economics right, but in addition liberty must be cultivated as a moral quality.
No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions; he had money as well.
The government has no money of its own. It’s all your money.
The first step in calculating which way to go is to find out where you are.
No Western nation has to build a wall round itself to keep its people in.
I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.
Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
It is not the business of politicians to please everyone.
A quick cure is a quack cure.
A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country’s flag.
We intend freedom and justice to conquer. Yes, we do have a creed and we wish others to share it. But it is not part of our policy to impose our beliefs by force or threat of force.
Life’s greatest reward is life itself.