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

People are tired of wasteful government programs and welfare chiselers, and they are angry about the constant spiral of taxes and government regulations, arrogant bureaucrats, and public officials who think all of mankind's problems can be solved by throwing the taxpayers dollars at them.

I've talked to you on a number of occasions about the economic problems our nation faces, and I am prepared to tell you it's in a hell of a mess-we're not connected to the press room yet, are we?

The family has always been the cornerstone of American society.

Everyone is a liberal until they have something to conserve. Then they become a conservative.

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)

My doctors told me this morning my blood pressure is down so low that I can start reading the newspapers.