May every day be a new beginning, and every dawn bring us closer to that shining city upon a hill.

What we don't need is more spending, and what we don't need are taxes, and what we do need is a lot less of both.

There is no greater happiness for a man than approaching a door at the end of a day knowing someone on the other side of that door is waiting for the sound of his footsteps.

There can be no greater good than the quest for peace, and no finer purpose than the preservation of freedom.

Freedom and the dignity of the individual have been more available and assured here than in any other place on earth. The price for this freedom at times has been high, but we have never been unwilling to pay the price.

Perhaps we need some outside, universal threat to make us recognize this common bond. I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world.

Medicare will usher in federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have know it in this country.