They don't worship at the altar of forced busing and mandatory quotas. They don't believe you can remedy past discrimination by mandating new discrimination. (Defending his nominees for Civil Rights Commission)

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

Accepting a government grant with its accompanying rules is like marrying a girl and finding out her entire family is moving in with you before the honeymoon.

I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved.

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.

I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.