Fascism was really the basis for the New Deal. It was Mussolini's success in Italy, with his government-directed economy, that led the early New Dealers to say "But Mussolini keeps the trains running on time.

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith.

A stronger defense is an investment in peace.

Cars don't cause pollution, trees do.

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

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

All of us should remember that the federal government is not some mysterious institution comprised of buildings, files and paper. The people are the government. What we create we ought to be able to control.