I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation that anyone's child, even from the humblest of families, could grow up to own a business or corporation.

We believe faith and freedom must be our guiding stars, for they show us truth, they make us brave, give us hope, and leave us wiser than we were.

I usually never walk by a microphone.

For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free to determine their own destiny.

If we get the federal government out of the classroom, maybe we'll get God back in.

When those who are governed do too little, those who govern can - and often will - do too much.

To this day, America is still the abiding alternative to tyranny. This is our purpose in the world, nothing more and nothing less.