We do not believe that if you cut back what government does you diminish its authority. On the contrary, a government that did less, and therefore did better, would strengthen its authority.

We speak of peace, yes, but whose peace? Poland's? Bulgaria's? The peace of the grave?

The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of everyone else's money.

We will stand on principle or we will not stand at all.

People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.

We had to fight the enemy without in the Falklands. We always have to be aware of the enemy within, which is much more difficult to fight and more dangerous to liberty.