Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used.

Whatever else history may say about me when I'm gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears; to your confidence rather than your doubts. My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty's lamp guiding your steps and opportunity's arm steadying your way.

If you put it on the table as a bargaining chip, it becomes a bargaining chip

In case anybody asks you about my position on capital punishment, you can tell them I favor it; and if they want to know why, you can tell them this story.

The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.

It is the tendency of Government to grow, for practices and programs to become the nearest thing to eternal life we'll see on this earth.

I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.