We can meet our destiny, and that destiny to build a land here that will be, for all mankind, a shining city on a hill.

No longer must government be allowed to ride roughshod, absorbing the people's wealth, usurping their rights, and crushing their spirit.

I have learned that one of the most important rules in politics is poise - which means looking like an owl after you have behaved like a jackass.

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.

I've always believed that a lot of the trouble in the world would disappear if we were talking to each other instead of about each other.

Now I realize it's fashionable in some circles to believe that no one in government should encourage others to read the Bible. That we're told we'll violate the constitutional separation of church and state established by the Founding Fathers and the First Amendment. The First Amendment was not written to protect people and their laws from religious values. It was written to protect those values from government tyranny.