A government that seizes control of the economy for the good of the people ends up seizing control of the people for the good of the economy

I think it's OK to talk about your military service, but there's a fine line between, you know, too much and just about right.

Sure, losing an election hurts, but I've experienced worse. And at an age when every day is precious, brooding over what might have been is self-defeating. In conceding the 1996 election, I remarked that "tomorrow will be the first time in my life I don't have anything to do." I was wrong. Seventy-two hours after conceding the election, I was swapping wisecracks with David Letterman on his late-night show.

The purpose of a tax cut is to leave more money where it belongs: in the hands of the working men and working women who earned it in the first place

The difference between possible and impossible is hard work and commitment.

I'm not a Gingrich fan. He's just difficult to work with. It's either Newt's way or the highway.

If there is one clear lesson of our century, it is this: where aggression is tolerated, it multiplies.