Let us thank God for life and the blessings He's put before us. High among them are our families, our freedom, and the opportunities of a new year.

I told you once that [our marriage] was like an adolescent's dream of what marriage should be like. That hasn't changed.

. . . Government should do only those things the people cannot do for themselves.

We can't socialize the doctors without socializing the patients.

This generation may be the one that will face Armageddon.

A state is nothing more than a reflection of its citizens; the more decent the citizens, the more decent the state.

Our status as a free society and world power is not based on brute strength. When we've taken up arms, it has been for the defense of freedom for ourselves and for other peaceful nations who needed our help. But now, faced with the development of weapons with immense destructive power, we've no choice but to maintain ready defense forces that are second to none. Yes, the cost is high, but the price of neglect would be infinitely higher.