With freedom goes responsibility, a responsibility that can only be met by the individual himself.

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.

Freedom and the dignity of the individual have been more available and assured here than in any other place on earth. The price for this freedom at times has been high, but we have never been unwilling to pay the price.

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

Will you resist the temptation to get a government handout for your community? Realize that the doctor's fight against socialized medicine is your fight. We can't socialize the doctors without socializing the patients. Recognize that government invasion of public power is eventually an assault upon your own business.

I told you once that [our marriage] was like an adolescent's dream of what marriage should be like. That hasn't changed.

If we don't want to see the map of Central America covered in a sea of red, eventually lapping at our own borders, we must act now.