My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise.

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.

Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.

God, of course, is the greatest philosopher of all.

We, this nation of ours, could be the richest nation in the world. We could be the freest nation in the world - but only if the arts are alive and flourishing can we experience the true meaning of our freedom, and know the full glory of the human spirit.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.

Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.