A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must....be undaunted when the going gets tough.

[Andrew Jackson] was actually 70 years old when he left the White House

Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

For too long, too many people dependent on Social Security have been cruelly frightened by individuals seeking political gain through demagoguery and outright falsehood, and this must stop.

Church and state are, and must remain, separate.

I know Teddy Kennedy had fun at the Democratic convention when he said that I said that trees and vegetation caused 80 percent of the air pollution in this country. ... Well, now he was a little wrong about what I said. I didn't say 80 percent. I said 92 percent-93 percent, pardon me. And I didn't say air pollution, I said oxides of nitrogen. Growing and decaying vegetation in this land are responsible for 93 percent of the oxides of nitrogen. ... If we are totally successful and can eliminate all the manmade oxides of nitrogen, we'll still have 93 percent as much as we have in the air today.