A state is nothing more than a reflection of its citizens; the more decent the citizens, the more decent the state.

Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used.

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."

The joke in our family is that we can cry reading the phone book.

And children, if your parents haven't been teaching you what it means to be an American, let 'em know and nail 'em on it. That would be a very American thing to do.

We are a nation that has a government-not the other way around. And that makes us special among the nations of the earth.

The government is currently experiencing withdrawal symptoms, and we musn't feed the habit by injecting more tax dollars into it.