Were not cutting the budget simply for the sake of sounder financial management. This is only a first step toward returning power to the states and communities, only a first step toward reordering the relationship between citizen and government.

We establish no religion in this country. We command no worship. We mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are and must remain separate.

Middle age is when you're faced with two temptations and you choose the one that will get you home by nine o'clock.

It's time that we recognized that ours was in truth a noble cause.

Freedom is the very essence of our nation. To be sure, ours is not a perfect nation. But even with our troubles, we remain the beacon of hope for oppressed peoples everywhere. Never give up the fight for freedom - a fight which, though it may never end, is the most ennobling known to man.

Stick to your dreams and determine that you're going to make them come true.

Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.