Yet optimism is in order, because day by day democracy is proving itself to be a not-at-all-fragile flower. From Stettin on the Baltic to Varna on the Black Sea, the regimes planted by totalitarianism have had more than 30 years to establish their legitimacy. But none - not one regime - has yet been able to risk free elections. Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.

I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing.

A stronger defense is an investment in peace.

A socialist is someone who has read Lenin and Marx. An anti-socialist is someone who understands Lenin and Marx.

The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty with the Constitution.

There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.

We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.