The purpose of America is to unleash the full talent and genius of every individual.
I was going to have an opening statement, but I decided that what I was going to say I wanted to get a lot of attention, so I’m going to wait and leak it.
My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty’s lamp guiding your steps and opportunity’s arm steadying your way.
Don’t let the doom criers and the cynics persuade you that the best is past.
Excellence does not begin in Washington.
America was founded by people who believe that God is their Rock of safety.
One of mankind’s problems is we keep committing the same errors.
We’ve got to teach history based not on what’s in fashion, but what’s important.
The Constitution was never meant to prevent people from praying, it’s declared purpose was to protect their freedom to pray.
He struck a mighty blow for equality, freedom and the American way of life. Jackie Robinson was a good citizen, a great man, and a true American champion.
One day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.
It should be the right of the individual to decide whether he wants to belong to a union.
America’s best days are yet to come.
The future belongs to the free.
If we listen to our hearts, believe in ourselves, and pull together, nothing can stand in our way.
These are the values inspiring those brave workers in Poland. The values that have inspired other dissidents under communist domination. They remind us that where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.
No longer must government be allowed to ride roughshod, absorbing the people’s wealth, usurping their rights, and crushing their spirit.
Meaningful work, not welfare, is every American’s hope, and we have a continuing responsibility to make those hopes a lasting reality.
The more the plans fail, the more the planners plan.
Now, I happen to be an optimist.