We are not spending the Federal Government's money, we are spending the taxpayer's money, and it must be spent n a way which guarantees his money's worth and yields the fullest possible benefit to the people being helped.

Unpredictability is the greatest asset a leader can have.

You can't depend on the man who made the mess to clean it up.

Maybe New York shouldn't survive. Maybe it should go through a cycle of destruction.

The peace we seek in the world is not the flimsy peace which is merely an interlude between wars, but a peace which can endure for generations to come. It is important that we understand both the necessity and the limitations of America's role in maintaining that peace. Unless we in America work to preserve the peace, there will be no peace. Unless we in America work to preserve freedom, there will be no freedom.

Baseball without fans is like Jayne Mansfield without a sweater. Hang on, that can be taken two ways.

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.