I think the presidency is an institution over which you have temporary custody.

We meant to change a nation, and instead, we changed a world.

We need true tax reform that will at least make a start toward restoring for our children the American dream that wealth is denied to no one, that each individual has the right to fly as high as his strength and ability will take him.

You and I have a rendevous with destiny.

We owe this freedom of choice and action to those men and women in uniform who have served this nation and its interests in time of need. In particular, we are forever indebted to those who have given their lives that we might be free.

The victims of crime have been transformed into a group oppressively burdened by a system designed to protect them.

If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.