The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally - not a 20 percent traitor.

I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine. And believe me, you are no Thomas Jefferson. (at 1992 Republican party convention, referring to Bill Clinton)

It's not fair to say that Congress spends money like a drunk sailor. At least the sailor is spending his own money!

My friends, we did it. We weren't just marking time, we made a difference. We made (America) stronger - we made (America) freer - and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad. Not bad at all. And so, goodbye. God bless you. And God bless the United States of America.

Dreams became issues of East versus West. Hopes became political rhetoric. Progress became a search for power and domination. Somewhere the truth was lost that people don't make war, governments do.

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

Freedom is the right to question and change the established way of doing things.