I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There’s a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.
In this springtime of hope, some lights seem eternal; America’s is.
A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.
We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much.
Sometimes when I’m faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve, and when we have finished eating that magnificent dinner, to ask him if he believes there’s a cook.
We do not deny any nation’s legitimate interest in security. But protecting the security of one nation by robbing another of its national independence and national traditions is not legitimate. In the long run, it is not even secure.
We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.
The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem. It isn’t so much that liberals are ignorant, it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.
I’ve always believed that a lot of the trouble in the world would disappear if we were talking to each other instead of about each other.
The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government.
Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way.
If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.
I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience.
Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.
I don’t believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.
I’m not smart enough to lie.
Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.
Certain forms of ammunition have no legitimate sporting, recreational, or self-defense use and thus should be prohibited.
With our eyes fixed on the future, but recognizing the realities of today, we will achieve our destiny to be as a shining city on a hill for all mankind to see.