I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.

My fellow Americans, I must speak to you tonight about a mounting danger in Central America that threatens the security of the United States. This danger will not go away it will grow worse, much worse, if we fail to take action now.

The very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

Perhaps we need some outside, universal threat to make us recognize this common bond. I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world.

I don't think any of us should forget that the security of America is our highest responsibility.

With the right to bear arms comes a great responsibility to use caution and common sense on handgun purchases.