We have not inherited an easy world. If developments like the Industrial revolution, which began here in England, and the gifts of science and technology have made life much easier for us, they have also made it more dangerous.

We are going to put an end to the notion that the American taxpayer exists to fund the Federal Government.

Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive

America is too great for small dreams.

For the eight years I was president I never let my dream of a nuclear-free world fade from my mind.

If you owe the bank $10,000 you have a problem. If you owe the bank $10,000,000 they have a problem. After all is said and done, more is said than done. Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

Accepting a government grant with its accompanying rules is like marrying a girl and finding out her entire family is moving in with you before the honeymoon.