A truly successful army is one that, because of its strength and ability and dedication, will not be called upon to fight, for no one will dare to provoke it.

A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours.

If there's one observation that rings true in today's changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand.

Could there be anything resembling a free enterprise economy, if wealth and property were concentrated in the hands of a few, while the great majority owned little more than the shirts on their backs?

The glory of this land has been its capacity for transcending the moral evils of our past. For example, the long struggle of minority citizens for equal rights, once a source of disunity and civil war, is now a point of pride for all Americans. We must never go back. There is no room for racism, anti-Semitism, or other forms of ethnic and racial hatred in this country.

The most confident person in any transaction ALWAYS introduces themselves first.

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!