Bureaucracy is adept at protecting its nest.

When a business or an individual spends more than it makes, it goes bankrupt. When government does it, it sends you the bill. And when government does it for 40 years, the bill comes in two ways: higher taxes and inflation. Make no mistake about it, inflation is a tax and not by accident.

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!

America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill.

Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.

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.

From my mother I learned the value of prayer, how to have dreams and believe I could make them come true.