It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.

For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe -- the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God.

Lofty words cannot construct an alliance or maintain it; only concrete deeds can do that.

I want every American to be free to stand up for his rights, even if sometimes he has to sit down for them.

The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

Budget deficits are not caused by wild-eyed spenders, but by slow economic growth and periodic recessions. And any new recession would break all deficit records. In short, it is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low, and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now.