The future doesn't belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave.

I believe the highest aspiration of man should be individual freedom and the development of the individual.

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill.

I'm proud of having been one of the first to recognize that states and the federal government have a duty to protect our natural resources from the damaging effects of pollution that can accompany industrial development.

I think the presidency is an institution over which you have temporary custody.

Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.