Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer.

When PLO sniper fire is followed by 14 hours of Israeli bombardment, that's stretching the definition of defensive action too far.

The person who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated.

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

When people tell me that I became President on January 20th, 1981, I feel I have to correct them. You don't become President of the United States. You are given temporary custody of an institution called the Presidency, which belongs to our people.

I won't hold my opponent's youth and inexperience against him.

State problems should involve state solutions.