Victims of the violence are black and white, rich and poor, young and old, famous and unknown. They are most important of all, human beings whom other human beings loved and needed.

Nations around the world look to us for the leadership not merely by strength of arms but by strength of our convictions.

Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.

In Massachusetts they [Democratic politicians] steal, in California they feud, and in New York they lie.

What happens to the country, to the world, depends on what we do with what others have left us.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

I love this city. If I am elected, I'll move the White House to San Francisco. Everybody's so friendly.