We meant to change a nation, and instead, we changed a world.

The torch of liberty is hot; warms those who hold it high; burns those who try to extinguish it.

For an America of wisdom that honors the family, knowing that if the family goes, so goes our civilization.

Government must not supersede the will of the people or the responsibilities of the people. The function of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

Perhaps we need some outside, universal threat to make us recognize this common bond. I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world.

I don't have too much time for fiction.

I spoke to ears that refused to hear.