The fact is, we'll never build a lasting economic recovery by going deeper into debt at a faster rate than we ever have before.

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

I think we should keep the grain and export the farmers.

A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at?

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

People are tired of wasteful government programs and welfare chiselers, and they are angry about the constant spiral of taxes and government regulations, arrogant bureaucrats, and public officials who think all of mankind's problems can be solved by throwing the taxpayers dollars at them.

It is my fervent goal and hope... that we will someday no longer have to rely on nuclear weapons to deter aggression and assure world peace. To that end the United States is now engaged in a serious and sustained effort to negotiate major reductions in levels of offensive nuclear weapons with the ultimate goal of eliminating these weapons from the face of the earth.