Preservation of our environment is not a liberal or conservative challenge, it's common sense.

For too long, the victims of crime have been the forgotten persons of our criminal justice system.

Today it is difficult to find leaders who are independent of the forces that have brought us our problems: The Congress, the bureaucracy, the lobbyists, big business, and big labor.

The [Carter] administration doesn't know the difference between a diplomat and a doormat.

I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine. And believe me, you are no Thomas Jefferson. (at 1992 Republican party convention, referring to Bill Clinton)

Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others.

We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom and ingenuity are at the very core of everything that we've accomplished. Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.