Freedom-loving people around the world must say . . . I am a refugee in a crowded boat foundering off the coast of Vietnam. I am Laotian, a Cambodian, a Cuban, and a Miskito Indian in Nicaragua. I, too, am a potential victim of totalitarianism.

Many a man has failed because he had his wishbone where his backbone should have been.

And let us never forget that in honoring our flag, we honor the American men and women who have courageously fought and died for it over the last 200 years, patriots who set an ideal above any consideration of self. Our flag flies free today because of their sacrifice.

We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.

There is no foundation like the rock of honesty and fairness, and when you begin to build your life on that rock, with the cement of the faith in God that you have, then you have a real start.

Cold, hungry, scared as hell inside, but too damn brave to admit it.

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."