I believe that the most essential element of our defense of freedom is our insistence on speaking out for the cause of religious liberty.

America must remain freedom's staunchest friend, for freedom is our best ally and it is the world's only hope to conquer poverty and preserve peace.

Freedom prospers only where the blessings of God are avidly sought, and humbly accepted.

There is no institution more vital to our Nation's survival than the American family. Here the seeds of personal character are planted, the roots of public virtue first nourished. Through love and instruction, discipline, guidance and example, we learn from our mothers and fathers the values that will shape our private lives and our public citizenship.

Where others fear trade and economic growth, we see opportunities for creating new wealth and undreamed-of opportunities for millions in our own land and beyond. Where others seek to throw up barriers, we seek to bring them down; where others take counsel of their fears, we follow our hopes.

The person who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated.

If history teaches anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.