It is no coincidence that when the thugs tried to wrest control over Grenada, there were 30 Soviet advisors and hundreds of Cuban military and paramilitary forces on the island.

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

If there's one observation that rings true in today's changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand.

Someone asked me whether I was aware of all the people out there who were praying for the President. And I had to say, "Yes, I am. I've felt it. I believe in intercessory prayer." But I couldn't help but say to that questioner after he'd asked the question that - or at least say to them that if sometimes when he was praying he got a busy signal, it was just me in there ahead of him.

One day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.

There is no greater happiness for a man than approaching a door at the end of a day knowing someone on the other side of that door is waiting for the sound of his footsteps.

I oppose registration for the draft... because I believe the security of freedom can best be achieved by security through freedom.