The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom...

. . . I hope that when you're my age, you'll be able to say as I have been able to say: We lived in freedom, we lived lives that were a statement, not an apology.

A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must....be undaunted when the going gets tough.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

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

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.