I remain California-bound

I believe Moses was 80 when God first commissioned him for public service.

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

Mankind's journey into space, like every great voyage of discovery, will become part of our unending journey of liberation. In the limitless reaches of space, we will find liberation from tyranny, from scarcity, from ignorance and from war. We will find the means to protect this Earth and to nurture every human life, and to explore the universe. . . .This is our mission, this is our destiny.

Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.

Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root... Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used, for the ultimate determinant in the struggle that's now going on in the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas, a trial of spiritual resolve, the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish, the ideals to which we are dedicated.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.