Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act.

Revolution means democracy in today's world, not the enslavement of peoples to the corrupt and degrading horrors of totalitarianism

I know all the bad things that happened in that war. I was in uniform four years myself.

Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

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

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root... 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, for the ultimate determinant in the struggle that's now going on in the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas, a trial of spiritual resolve, the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish, the ideals to which we are dedicated.