We maintain the peace through our strength; weakness only invites aggression.
Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity; not stifle it.
Too often character assassination has replaced debate in principle here in Washington. Destroy someone’s reputation, and you don’t have to talk about what he stands for.
Accepting a government grant with its accompanying rules is like marrying a girl and finding out her entire family is moving in with you before the honeymoon.
I believe now, as I alway have, that America’s strength is in ‘We the People.’
Of the many messages found in the Hanukah story, the one that has always inspired me most is this: with a strong faith in the Almighty, nothing is impossible; and without the help of our Creator, we labor in vain.
Life involves effort and growth. You won’t grow by watching a situation comedy, though you can grow by reading a book. I hope we aren’t becoming a nation of watchers, because what made us great is that we’ve always been a nation of doers.
There are only two things that the liberals don’t understand: the things that change and the things that don’t.
May each of you have the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, and the hand to execute works that will leave the world a little better for your having been here.
Marijuana is probably the most dangerous drug in America today.
Stick to your dreams and determine that you’re going to make them come true.
I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead.
The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives.
A socialist is someone who has read Lenin and Marx. An anti-socialist is someone who understands Lenin and Marx.
If there’s one thing the American people aren’t lacking, it is courage.
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.