Work and family are at the center of our lives, the foundation of our dignity as a free people.

Terrorism is the preferred weapon of weak and evil men.

If there's one thing the American people aren't lacking, it is courage.

The founders of the United Nations sought to replace a world at war with a world of civilized order. They hoped that a world of relentless conflict would give way to a new era, one where freedom from violence prevailed.... But the awful truth is that the use of violence for political gain has become more, not less, widespread in the last decade.

I know that some believe that voluntary prayer in schools should be restricted to a moment of silence. We already have the right to remain silent - we can take our Fifth Amendment.

There are no words to express the extraordinary strength and character of this breed of people we call American. They are the kind of men and women Tom Paine had in mind when he wrote, during the darkest days of the American Revolution, we have it in our power to begin the world over again.

Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid.