But the whole history of America is quite different from Europe. People went there to get away from the intolerance and constraints of life in Europe. They sought liberty and opportunity; and their strong sense of purpose has over two centuries, helped create a new unity and pride in being American.

If someone is confronting our essential liberties, if someone is inflicting injuries and harm, by God I'll confront them!

I am not a consensus politician. Im a conviction politician.

I don't want to fight any wars; if you can get them off before we get there, you do it, but off they go.

The feminists hate me, don't they? And I don't blame them. For I hate feminism. It is poison.

Gentlemen, if we don't cut spending we will be bankrupt. Yes, the medicine is harsh, but the patient requires it in order to live. Should we withhold the medicine? No. We are not wrong. We did not seek election and win in order to manage the decline of a great nation.

Freedom will destroy itself if it is not exercised within some sort of moral framework, some body of shared beliefs, some spiritual heritage transmitted through the Church, the family, and the school.