I believe with all my heart that our first priority must be world peace, and that use of force is always and only a last resort, when everything else has failed, and then only with regard to our national security.

When the lives of the unborn are snuffed out, they often feel pain, pain that is long and agonizing.

Work and family are at the center of our lives, the foundation of our dignity as a free people.

Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people.

Free enterprise is a rough and competitive game. It is a hell of a lot better than a government monopoly.

Millions of individuals making their own decisions in the marketplace will always allocate resources better than any centralized government planning process.

Have we the courage and the will to face up to the immorality and discrimination of the progressive tax, and demand a return to traditional proportionate taxation? ... Today in our country the tax collector's share is 37 cents of every dollar earned. Freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp.