Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look.

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.

When I took the oath of office, I pledged loyalty to only one special interest group - ‘We the people’.

Those concerns of a national character-such as air and water pollution that do not respect state boundaries, or the national transportation system, or efforts to safeguard your civil liberties-must, of course, be handled on the national level.

The societies which have achieved the most spectacular broad-based economic progress in the shortest period of time are not the most tightly controlled, not necessarily the biggest in size, or the wealthiest in natural resources. No, what unites them all is their willingness to believe in the magic of the marketplace.

Here you discover that so long as books are kept open, then minds can never be closed.

Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas.