What we don't need is more spending, and what we don't need are taxes, and what we do need is a lot less of both.

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

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.

The closest thing to eternal life on earth is a Government Program

Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy.

We hear much of special interest groups. Well, our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long neglected. It knows no sectional boundaries or ethnic and racial divisions, and it crosses political party lines. It is made up of men and women who raise our food, patrol our streets, man our mines and factories, teach our children, keep our homes, and heal us when we're sick - professionals, industrialists, shopkeepers, clerks, cabbies, and truck drivers. They are, in short, "We the people," this breed called Americans.

Isn't it interesting that all of those people who support the choice of abortion have already been born?