A small nation, faced with the denial of its sovereignty — indeed, of its very existence — reminded us that the price of freedom is high but never so costly as the loss of freedom.

I think the presidency is an institution over which you have temporary custody.

This democracy of ours, which sometimes we've treated so lightly, is more than ever a comfortable cloak, so let us not tear it asunder, for no man knows, once it is destroyed, where or when he will find its protective warmth again.

Someone told me it was a round thing that gobbles up money. I thought that was Tip O'Neill.

Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look.

I'm no linguist, but I have been told that in the Russian language, there isn't even a word for freedom.

Every year, an average of 9,200 Americans are murdered by handguns, according to Department of Justice statistics. This does not include suicides or the tens of thousands of robberies, rapes and assaults committed with handguns. This level of violence must be stopped.