What is important is that one strives to achieve a goal.

To this day, America is still the abiding alternative to tyranny. This is our purpose in the world, nothing more and nothing less.

It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of human history by denying human freedom and human dignity to its citizens.

The family has always been the cornerstone of American society. Our families nurture, preserve, and pass on to each succeeding generation the values we share and cherish, values that are the foundation of our freedoms.

The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government.

Our American tradition of neighbor helping neighbor has always been one of our greatest strengths and most noble traditions.

To those who cite the first amendment as reason for excluding God from more and more of our institutions and everyday life, may I just say: The first amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people of this country from religious values; it was written to protect religious values from government tyranny.