Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith.

Middle age is when you're faced with two temptations and you choose the one that will get you home by nine o'clock.

Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.

Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it's not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work - work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it.

Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.

The economic welfare of all our people must ultimately stem not from government programs, but from the wealth created by a vigorous private sector.

Our nation was built and civilized by men and women who used guns in self-defense and in pursuit of peace. One wonders indeed, if the rising crime rate, isn't due as much as anything to the criminal's instinctive knowledge that the average victim no longer has means of self-protection.