I have learned that one of the most important rules in politics is poise - which means looking like an owl after you have behaved like a jackass.

I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing.

With all this talk about the supposed strain in relations [with the Soviet Union], there is an inference that somehow it is our fault. But we didn't kill Russian civilians by shooting down a civilian airplane. We didn't attempt to conquer an adjacent country to ours. We didn't walk out on negotiations and refuse to give a date for when we would resume.

For the average American, the message is clear. Liberalism is no longer the answer. It is the problem.

It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so

God...should never have been expelled from America's schools. As we struggle to teach our children...we dare not forget that our civilization was built by men and women who placed their faith in a loving God. If Congress can begin each day with a moment of prayer...so then can our sons and daughters.

For three decades, we have sought to solve the problems of unemployment through government planning, and the more the plans fail, the more the planners plan.