Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.

What's happening in Cuba is not a failure of the Cuban people. It's a failure of Fidel Castro and the Communists.

We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom and ingenuity are at the very core of everything that we've accomplished. Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

[A woman waiting for him in the Kremlin asked Gobachev] "Was communism invented by a politician or a scientist?" [He replied] "Well, a politician." She said, "That explains it. The scientist would have tried it on mice first."

I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.

I'll be like Scarlett O'Hara-I'll think about it tomorrow.

In a world wracked by hatred, economic crisis, and political tension, America remains mankind's best hope.