Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive

Seventy-five years ago I was born in Tampico, Illinois, in a little flat above the bank building. We didn't have any other contact with the bank than that.

I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn't spring full-bloom from my brow - they came from the heart of a great nation.

The best view of big government is in the rearview mirror as we leave it behind.

Never let the things you can't do, stop you from doing what you can.

People who think a tax boost will cure inflation are the same ones who believe another drink will cure a hangover.

With all this talk about the supposed strain in relations [with the Soviet Union], there is an inference that somehow it is our fault. But we didn't kill Russian civilians by shooting down a civilian airplane. We didn't attempt to conquer an adjacent country to ours. We didn't walk out on negotiations and refuse to give a date for when we would resume.