The best view of big government is in the rearview mirror as we leave it behind.

Constructive trade, the two-way exchange of goods and services, is the most efficient and logical way for each nation . . . to build a stable prosperity, a prosperity based not on aid, but on mutually beneficial economic contacts.

Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem. ... Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it. ... The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

We have found, in our country, that when people have the right to make decisions as close to home as possible, they usually make the right decisions.

Of the many influences that have shaped the United States into a distinctive nation and people, none may be said to be more fundamental and enduring than the Bible.

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

The true lesson of the Vietnam War is: certainty of purpose and ruthlessness of execution win wars.