The best social program is a productive job for anyone who's willing to work.

Our Founding Fathers well understood that concentrated power is the enemy of liberty and the rights of man. They knew that the American experiment in individual liberty, free enterprise and republican self-government could succeed only if power were widely distributed. And since in any society social and political power flow from economic power, they saw that wealth and property would have to be widely distributed among the people of the country. The truth of this insight is immediately apparent.

It's not fair to say that Congress spends money like a drunk sailor. At least the sailor is spending his own money!

Let it never be said of this generation of Americans that we became so obsessed with failure that we refused to take risks that could further the cause of peace and freedom in the world.

The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved good-bye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth' to 'touch the face of God.

Intelligence reports say Castro is very worried about me. I'm very worried that we can't come up with something to justify his worrying.

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