Two Soviets . . . were talking to each other. And one of them asked, "What's the difference between the Soviet Constitution and the United States Constitution?" And the other one said, "That's easy. The Soviet Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of gathering. The American Constitution guarantees freedom after speech and freedom after gathering."

The great dynamic success of capitalism had given us a powerful weapon in our battle against Communism-money.

Here's my strategy on the Cold War: we win, they lose.

I like photographers - you don't ask questions. (To a gathering of the White House News Photographers Association)

For too long, the victims of crime have been the forgotten persons of our criminal justice system.

Admittedly, there is a risk in any course we follow other than this, but every lesson in history tells us that the greater risk lies in appeasement, and this is the specter our well-meaning liberal friends refuse to face.

Intelligence reports say Castro is very worried about me. I'm very worried that we can't come up with something to justify his worrying.