Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job.

They've done away with those committees. That shows the success of what the Soviets were able to do in this country.

God, the source of all knowledge, should never have been expelled from our children's classrooms.

This country was founded and built by people with great dreams and the courage to take great risks.

If our planes were shot down, yes, they's wake me right away. If the other fellows' were shot down, why wake me up?

And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. But more than that: After 200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true on the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home.