What if free people could live secure in the knowledge that their security did not rest upon the threat of instant U.S. retaliation to deter a Soviet attack, that we could intercept and destroy strategic ballistic missiles before they reached our own soil or that of our allies?

I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.

I'm not smart enough to lie

There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war, it's to be prepared for peace.

We've been blessed with the opportunity to stand for something - for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to.

Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great.

I don't want to do a TV series. It's no fun working from dawn to sunset every day. An occasional movie would be fine, and then I'll see what might develop on the political front.