Free enterprise has done more to reduce poverty than all the government programs dreamed up by Democrats.

There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war, it's to be prepared for peace.

Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.

For a time, we forgot the American dream isn't one of making government bigger, it's keeping faith with the mighty spirit of free people under God

I'm not smart enough to lie

Our problems are both acute and chronic, yet all we hear from those in positions of leadership are the same tired proposals for more government tinkering, more meddling and more control---all of which led us to this state in the first place... We must have the clarity of vision to see the difference between what is essential and what is merely desirable, and then the courage to bring our government back under control and make it acceptable to the people.

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.