We are bound together by the most powerful of all ties, our fervent love for freedom and independence, which knows no homeland but the human heart.

He was one of the few political leaders I have ever met whose public speeches revealed more than his private conversations. [On Ronald Reagan]

The veto is a President's Constitutional right, given to him by the drafters of the Constitution because they wanted it as a checkagainst irresponsible Congressional action. The veto forces Congress to take another look at legislation that has been passed. I think this is a responsible tool for a president of the United States, and I have sought to use it responsibly.

I just don't think we should go hellfire damnation around the globe freeing people, unless it is directly related to our own national security.

I am the first to admit that I am no great orator or no person that got where I have gotten by any William Jennings Bryan technique.

I am determined to seek self-sufficiency in energy as an urgent national priority. My goal is to make America independent of foreign energy sources by 1985.

Let America symbolize humanity's struggle to conquer nature and master technology. The time has now come for our Government to facilitate the individual's control over his or her future - and of the future of America.