I have recently been told that I am one of the millions of Americans who will be afflicted with Alzheimer's Disease. . .. I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead.

Government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm us.

I was going to have an opening statement, but I decided that what I was going to say I wanted to get a lot of attention, so I'm going to wait and leak it.

Revenues should be increased not by increasing the tax rates on the individual but by building a bigger economy for everybody.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

Together, we'll build a far better future for America -- a future of growth, opportunity, and security, anchored by the values of a people who are confident, compassionate, and whose heart is good.

I just don't think it's good for us to be run out of town. (Refusing to cancel Secretary of State visit to Moscow)