Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.

I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.

We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.

You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.

To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.

Throughout history civilian populations and political rulers have talked of peace. We have never been free of war. The soldier, whose profession is war, understands that peace must be enforced by superior military might. The certainty of defeat is the only effective deterrent we can use to maintain peace. Furthermore, we can be strong without being aggressive.

The great decisions of government cannot be dictated by the concerns of religious factions. We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping the affairs of state separate from the uncompromising idealism of religious groups and we mustn't stop now. To retreat from that separation would violate the principles of conservatism and the values upon which the framers built this democratic republic.