My dream is to see the day when nuclear weapons will be banished from the face of the Earth.

Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom, and then lost it, have never known it again.

There can be no greater good than the quest for peace, and no finer purpose than the preservation of freedom.

The victims of crime have been transformed into a group oppressively burdened by a system designed to protect them.

Two Soviets . . . were talking to each other. And one of them asked, "What's the difference between the Soviet Constitution and the United States Constitution?" And the other one said, "That's easy. The Soviet Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of gathering. The American Constitution guarantees freedom after speech and freedom after gathering."

There's no question I am an idealist, which is another way of saying 'I am an American.'

Our nation will prosper or decline in direct proportion to our selection of leaders who are guided by the Holy Spirit. If we fail to select Godly leaders our destiny will surely be as that of the Roman Empire.