Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal

Mr. President, we've taken off our "Kick Me" sign.

The real point is that totalitarian regimes have claimed jurisdiction over the whole person, and the whole society, and they don't at all believe that we should give unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.

I'm a political scientist and I study these things, and I know that economic problems, with the rising unemployment and inflation and low productivity and so forth, were a factor in that election, in that defeat of President Carter.

Power ... is not an end in itself, but is an instrument that must be used toward an end.

I believe that detente was having almost the opposite effect of what was intended. What was intended was to sort of end the contest for power and to stop Soviet expansion, especially by military means and the military build-up, the military contest

Cultural constraints condition and limit our choices, shaping our characters with their imperatives.