My basic rule is that I want people who don't want a job in government.

One picture is worth 1,000 denials.

I'm convinced that today the majority of Americans want what those first Americans wanted: A better life for themselves and their children; a minimum of government authority.

They don't worship at the altar of forced busing and mandatory quotas. They don't believe you can remedy past discrimination by mandating new discrimination. (Defending his nominees for Civil Rights Commission)

You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth.

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

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.