At home, we must reject the mistaken notion - a notion that has dominated too much of the public dialogue for too long - that ever bigger Government is the answer to every problem.

I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant.

There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.

The jawbone of an ass is just as dangerous a weapon today as in Sampson's time.

So you are lean and mean and resourceful and you continue to walk on the edge of the precipice because over the years you have become fascinated by how close you can walk without losing your balance.

The communists have lost the cold war, but the west has not yet won it.

My strong point is not rhetoric , it isn't showmanship, it isn't big promises - those things that create the glamour and the excitement that people call charisma and warmth.