Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace.

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

The societies which have achieved the most spectacular broad-based economic progress in the shortest period of time are not the most tightly controlled, not necessarily the biggest in size, or the wealthiest in natural resources. No, what unites them all is their willingness to believe in the magic of the marketplace.

What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice.

Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid.