My friends, we did it. We weren't just marking time, we made a difference. We made (America) stronger - we made (America) freer - and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad. Not bad at all. And so, goodbye. God bless you. And God bless the United States of America.

In Hollywood, as I've often said, if you don't sing or dance, you end up as an after-dinner speaker.

Work and family are at the center of our lives, the foundation of our dignity as a free people.

I spoke to ears that refused to hear.

Young Americans must never again be sent to fight and die unless we are prepared to let them win.

We have seen numerous instances in which American businesses have brought in foreign skilled workers after having laid off skilled American workers, simply because they can get the foreign workers more cheaply. It has become a major means of circumventing the costs of paying skilled American workers or the costs of training them.

I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.