Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.

Only our deep moral values and our strong social institutions can hold back that jungle and restrain the darker impulses of human nature.

Either you will control your government, or government will control you.

In case anybody asks you about my position on capital punishment, you can tell them I favor it; and if they want to know why, you can tell them this story.

I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.

Almost all the worlds' constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our Constitution is a document in which We the People tell the government what it is allowed to do. We the People are free.

Environmental extremists ... wouldn't let you build a house unless it looked like a bird's nest.