I think there are some things ... that may even be distorted in the practice, such as some affirmative action programs becoming quota systems. And I'm old enough to remember when quotas existed in the United States for the purpose of discrimination, and I don't want to see that happen again.

We need more Democrats in the Senate -Like Custer needed more arrows.

Yet optimism is in order, because day by day democracy is proving itself to be a not-at-all-fragile flower. From Stettin on the Baltic to Varna on the Black Sea, the regimes planted by totalitarianism have had more than 30 years to establish their legitimacy. But none - not one regime - has yet been able to risk free elections. Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.

By emphasizing the importance of a common language, we safeguard a proud legacy and help to ensure that America's future will be as great as her past.

Our moral imperative is to work with all our powers for that day when the children of the world grow up without the fear of nuclear war.

There were so many candidates on the platform that there were not enough promises to go around.

Anyone who seeks success or greatness should first forget about both and seek only the truth. The rest will follow.