The mission of this government is much more than the promotion of economic progress. It is to renew the spirit and solidarity of the nation.

How very popular to say, 'spend more on this, expend more on that.' And of course, we all have our favorite causes; I know I do. But someone has to add up the figures. Every business has to do it, every housewife has to do it, [and] every government should do it.

Choice is the essence of ethics: if there were no choice there would be no ethics, no good, no evil; good and evil have meaning only insofar as man is free to choose.

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.

Freedom under the law must never be taken for granted.

Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them.

I couldn't live without work. That's what makes me so sympathetic towards those people who are unemployed. I don't know how they live without working.