It doesn't require expropriation or confiscation of private property or business to impose socialism on a people. What does it mean whether you hold the deed or the title to your business or property if the government holds the power of life and death over that business or property?

Environmental extremists ... wouldn't let you build a house unless it looked like a bird's nest.

May all of you as Americans never forget your heroic origins, never fail to seek Divine guidance, and never lose your natural God-given optimism.

Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.

I welcome this chance to further strengthen the unbreakable ties between the United States and Israel and to assure you of our commitment to Israel's security and well-being. Israel and America may be thousands of miles apart, but we are philosophical neighbors sharing a strong commitment to democracy and the rule of law. What we hold in common are the bonds of trust and friendship, qualities that in our eyes make Israel a great nation. No people have fought longer, struggled harder, or sacrificed more than yours in order to survive, to grow, and to live in freedom

We stand together as we did two centuries ago, One people under God determined that our future shall be worthy of our past.

I've always believed that a lot of the trouble in the world would disappear if we were talking to each other instead of about each other.