Should I become President...I will not risk American lives...by permitting any other nation to drag us into the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time through an unwise commitment that is unwise militarily, unnecessary to our security and unsupported by our allies.

There are only two realities in life: death and laughter. We can do nothing to change the former, so we might as well do all we can to save the latter.

The present tax codes inhibit the mobility and formation of capital, add complexities and inequities which undermine the morale of the taxpayer, and make tax avoidance rather than market factors a prime consideration in too many economic decisions.

Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort.

We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.

Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution and all its parts - including the First Amendment and the strict separation of church and state.

A police state finds that it cannot command the grain to grow.