Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be political.

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

The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government.

Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer.

America's economic strength depends on industry's ability to improve productivity and quality and to remain on the cutting edge of technology, and that's why the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is so important.

I never thought it was my style or the words I used that made a difference. It was the content. I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things.

When the Commander-in-Chief of a nation finds it necessary to order employees of the government or agencies of the government to do things that would technically break the law, he has to be able to declare it legal for them to do that.