We can have peace and brotherly love by accepting our responsibility to preserve freedom.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

I have always thought of government as a kind of organism with an insatiable appetite for money, whose natural state is to grow forever unless you do something to starve it.

I have learned that one of the most important rules in politics is poise - which means looking like an owl after you have behaved like a jackass.

It was leadership here at home that gave us strong American influence abroad, and the collapse of imperial Communism. Great nations have responsibilities to lead, and we should always be cautious of those who would lower our profile, because they might just wind up lowering our flag.

We're Americans, and we have a rendezvous with destiny . . . No people who have ever lived on this earth have fought harder, paid a higher price for freedom, or done more to advance the dignity of man than Americans.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.