Government should uphold-and not undermine-those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded: religion, education and, above all, family.

May each of you have the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, and the hand to execute works that will leave the world a little better for your having been here.

My dream is to see the day when nuclear weapons will be banished from the face of the Earth.

God's miracles are to be found in nature itself; the wind and waves, the wood that becomes a tree - all of these are explained biologically, but behind them is the hand of God.

We were poor when I was young but the difference was that the government didn't come around telling you you were poor.

I just don't think it's good for us to be run out of town. (Refusing to cancel Secretary of State visit to Moscow)

The fact is, we'll never build a lasting economic recovery by going deeper into debt at a faster rate than we ever have before.