[Andrew Jackson] was actually 70 years old when he left the White House

...I believe that it is not enough, as I said, to tinker at the margins of U.S. immigration law... the United States must institute comprehensive reforms that conform to the realities of the era in which we live.

No longer must government be allowed to ride roughshod, absorbing the people's wealth, usurping their rights, and crushing their spirit.

Revenues should be increased not by increasing the tax rates on the individual but by building a bigger economy for everybody.

For too long, the victims of crime have been the forgotten persons of our criminal justice system.

Trust the people -- that is the crucial lesson of history.

As for the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will not surrender for it - now or ever.