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.

The time has come to match outgo to income, instead of always doing it the other way around.

There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

Our tax policy is engineered by people who view tax as a means of achieving changes in our social structure.

I received a letter just before I left office from a man. I don't know why he chose to write it, but I'm glad he did. He wrote that you can go to live in France, but you can't become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Italy, but you can't become a German, an Italian. He went through Turkey, Greece, Japan and other countries. But he said anyone, from any corner of the world, can come to live in the United States and become an American.

As government expands, liberty contracts.

Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace.