It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of human history by denying human freedom and human dignity to its citizens.

A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah.

While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.

I've been told that some members of Congress disagree with my tax cut proposal. Well, you know it's been said that taxation is the art of plucking feathers without killing the bird. It's time they realized the bird just doesn't have any feathers left.

America has begun a spiritual reawakening. Faith and hope are being restored. Americans are turning back to God. Church attendance is up. Audiences for religious books and broadcasts are growing. And I do believe that he has begun to heal our blessed land.

Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it's not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work - work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it.

If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.