When you start talking about government as ‘we’ instead of ‘they,’ you have been in office too long.
Perhaps there is a simple answer – not an easy answer – but simple: If you and I have the courage to tell our elected officials that we want our national policy based on what we know in our hearts is morally right.
A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. The only value in our two nations possessing nuclear weapons is to make sure they will never be used. But then would it not be better to do away with them entirely?
Intelligence reports say Castro is very worried about me. I’m very worried that we can’t come up with something to justify his worrying.
I didn’t leave the Democratic party; the Democratic party left me.
An informed patriotism is what we want.
We have every right to dream heroic dreams.
Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.
We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.
Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.
Man is not free unless government is limited.
The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.
Some people wonder all their lives if they’ve made a difference. The Marines don’t have that problem.
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth!
We are never defeated unless we give up on God.
Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.
Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.
A people free to choose will always choose peace.