We maintain the peace through our strength; weakness only invites aggression.

We cannot diminish the value of one category of human life -- the unborn -- without diminishing the value of all human life . . . there is no cause more important.

All of us should remember that the federal government is not some mysterious institution comprised of buildings, files and paper. The people are the government. What we create we ought to be able to control.

It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of human history by denying human freedom and human dignity to its citizens.

Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.

Let us thank God for life and the blessings He's put before us. High among them are our families, our freedom, and the opportunities of a new year.

Only our deep moral values and our strong social institutions can hold back that jungle and restrain the darker impulses of human nature.