Anyone who seeks success or greatness should first forget about both and seek only the truth. The rest will follow.

We're here to mark that day in history when the Allied peoples joined in battle to reclaim this continent to liberty. For four long years, much of Europe had been under a terrible shadow. Free nations had fallen, Jews cried out in the camps, millions cried out for liberation. Europe was enslaved, and the world prayed for its rescue. Here in Normandy the rescue began. Here the Allies stood and fought against tyranny in a giant undertaking unparalleled in human history.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

I miss going to church, but I think the Lord understands.

Millions of individuals making their own decisions in the marketplace will always allocate resources better than any centralized government planning process.

I saw them; there is nothing beautiful about them, just that they are a little higher than the others. Referring to one of the oldest and loveliest groves of redwoods, showing insensitivity to their magnificence.

Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity; not stifle it.