Christopher Columbus was looking for a passage to India, but he landed in America. He landed in the wrong place, and when he got back, he wasn't sure where he'd been. But most important of all, he did it on someone else's money.

Yes, deficits are a problem. I've been saying so for more than a quarter of a century now. But the problem is not the size of the deficit, it's the size of government's claim on our economy.

We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand.

Freedom prospers only where the blessings of God are avidly sought, and humbly accepted.

Terrorism is the preferred weapon of weak and evil men.