In America, our origins matter less than our destination, and that is what democracy is all about.

There are no degrees of honesty.

Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.

The neutron warhead is a defensive weapon designed to offset the great superiority that the Soviet Union has on the western front against the NATO nations.

I sometimes think if someone appealed the Ten Commandments to some of our courts, they would rule - 'Thou shalt not, unless you feel strongly to the contrary'.

With all this talk about the supposed strain in relations [with the Soviet Union], there is an inference that somehow it is our fault. But we didn't kill Russian civilians by shooting down a civilian airplane. We didn't attempt to conquer an adjacent country to ours. We didn't walk out on negotiations and refuse to give a date for when we would resume.

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