Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy.
The time has come to match outgo to income, instead of always doing it the other way around.
We will never disarm any American who seeks to protect his or her family from fear and harm.
If you can’t summarize an issue on one page, you don’t understand the issue well enough.
The neutron warhead is a defensive weapon designed to offset the great superiority that the Soviet Union has on the western front against the NATO nations.
My basic rule is that I want people who don’t want a job in government.
A nation’s greatness is measured not just by its gross national product or military power, but by the strength of its devotion to the principles and values that bind its people and define their character.
It’s not fair to say that Congress spends money like a drunk sailor. At least the sailor is spending his own money!
The Founding Fathers knew a government can’t control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to do that it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose.
Economists are people who wonder if what works in reality can also work in theory.
If you owe the bank $10,000 you have a problem. If you owe the bank $10,000,000 they have a problem. After all is said and done, more is said than done. Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
I believe that George Washington knew the City of Man cannot survive without the City of God; that the Visible City will perish without the Invisible City.
The Bible tells us there will be a time for peace. But, so far in this century, mankind has failed to find it.
The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers’ abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual...
We should never fear to negotiate, nor negotiate from fear.
The economic welfare of all our people must ultimately stem not from government programs, but from the wealth created by a vigorous private sector.
I hope Americans will read and study the Bible in the coming year. It’s my firm belief that the enduring values, as I say, presented in its pages have a great meaning for each of us and for our nation.
The Bible can touch our hearts, order our minds, refresh our souls.
Love your country, not for her power or wealth, but for her selflessness and her idealism.
I don’t want to do a TV series. It’s no fun working from dawn to sunset every day. An occasional movie would be fine, and then I’ll see what might develop on the political front.