Without God, there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience... without God, there is a coarsening of the society; without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.

We should never fear to negotiate, nor negotiate from fear.

We have to realize that this country in its private sector has been fighting the most successful war on poverty the world has seen for the last 200 years.

Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will.

Wearing love beads and touting our sincerity will not make this a safer world.

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

The preservation of parks, wilderness, and wildlife has also aided liberty by keeping alive the 19th century sense of adventure and awe with which our forefathers greeted the American West. Many laws protecting environmental quality have promoted liberty by securing property against the destructive trespass of pollution. In our own time, the nearly universal appreciation of these preserved landscapes, restored waters, and cleaner air through outdoor recreation is a modern expression of our freedom and leisure to enjoy the wonderful life that generations past have built for us.