In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden.

If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.

Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself.

Intelligence reports say Castro is very worried about me. I'm very worried that we can't come up with something to justify his worrying.

I warned that there should be no place on Earth where terrorists can rest and train and practice their deadly skills. I meant it. I said that we would act with others, if possible, and alone if necessary to ensure that terrorists have no sanctuary anywhere. Tonight, we have.

You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

[Andrew Jackson] was actually 70 years old when he left the White House