Some years ago, the federal government declared war on poverty, and poverty won.
I’m no linguist, but I have been told that in the Russian language, there isn’t even a word for freedom.
Republicans believe the best way to assure prosperity is to generate more jobs. The Democrats believe in more welfare.
Free enterprise is a rough and competitive game. It is a hell of a lot better than a government monopoly.
Wouldn’t it be better for the human spirit and for the soul of this nation to encourage people to accept more responsibility to care for each other rather than leaving those tasks to paid bureaucrats.
A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah.
We owe this freedom of choice and action to those men and women in uniform who have served this nation and its interests in time of need. In particular, we are forever indebted to those who have given their lives that we might be free.
We need true tax reform that will at least make a start toward restoring for our children the American dream that wealth is denied to no one, that each individual has the right to fly as high as his strength and ability will take him.
Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great.
An actor knows two important things – to be honest in what he is doing and to be in touch with the audience. That’s not bad advice for a politician either.
There is a mandate to impose a voluntary return to traditional values.
We establish no religion in this country. We command no worship. We mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are and must remain separate.
What we don’t need is more spending, and what we don’t need are taxes, and what we do need is a lot less of both.
They don’t subscribe to our sense of morality; they don’t believe in an afterlife; they don’t believe in a God or religion. And the only morality they recognize, therefore, is what will advance the cause or socialism.
America stands unique in the world: the only country not founded on race but on a way, an ideal. Not in spite of but because of our polyglot background, we have had all the strength in the world. That is the American way.
For an America of wisdom that honors the family, knowing that if the family goes, so goes our civilization.
An America that is militarily and economically strong is not enough. The world must see an America that is morally strong with a creed and a vision. This is what has led us to dare and achieve. For us, values count.
I think the presidency is an institution over which you have temporary custody.
If you’ve seen one redwood tree, you’ve seen them all.
We’ve gone astray from first principles. We’ve lost sight of the rule that individual freedom and ingenuity are at the very core of everything that we’ve accomplished. Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.