This generation may be the one that will face Armageddon.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

I don't want to do a TV series. It's no fun working from dawn to sunset every day. An occasional movie would be fine, and then I'll see what might develop on the political front.

It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of human history by denying human freedom and human dignity to its citizens.

There's no question I am an idealist, which is another way of saying 'I am an American.'

In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden.

If history teaches anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.