Abraham Lincoln recognized that we could not survive as a free land when some men could decide that others were not fit to be free and should therefore be slaves. Likewise, we cannot survive as a free nation when some men decide that others are not fit to live and should be abandoned to abortion or infanticide.

The work of volunteer groups throughout our country represents the very heart and soul of America. They have helped make this the most compassionate, generous, and humane society that ever existed on the face of this earth.

Two visions of the world remain locked in dispute. The first believes all men are created equal by a loving God who has blessed us with freedom. The second vision believes that religion is opium for the masses. It believes that eternal principles like truth, liberty, and democracy have no meaning beyond the whim of the state. And [Vladimir] Lenin spoke for them.

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.

We can't socialize the doctors without socializing the patients.

If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party.

If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.