I, for one, resent it when a representative of the people refers to you and me, the free men and women of this country, as 'the masses.'

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size.

I once played a sheriff who thought he could do the job without a gun. I was dead in twenty-seven minutes of a thirty minute show.

In a world wracked by hatred, economic crisis, and political tension, America remains mankind's best hope.

Meaningful work, not welfare, is every American's hope, and we have a continuing responsibility to make those hopes a lasting reality.

Here's my strategy on the Cold War: we win, they lose.

There is no institution more vital to our Nation's survival than the American family. Here the seeds of personal character are planted, the roots of public virtue first nourished. Through love and instruction, discipline, guidance and example, we learn from our mothers and fathers the values that will shape our private lives and our public citizenship.