A nation's greatness is measured not just by its gross national product or military power, but by the strength of its devotion to the principles and values that bind its people and define their character.

If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party.

Those who have known freedom and then lost it, have never known it again

But the simple truth is that we've lost control of our own borders, and no nation can do that and survive.

It should be the right of the individual to decide whether he wants to belong to a union.

Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem. ... Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. 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. If it stops moving, subsidize it. ... The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

The person who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated.