Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.

Let us be shy no longer. Let us go to our strength. Let us offer hope. Let us tell the world that a new age is not only possible but probable.

When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.

Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas.

Facts are stubborn things.

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.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.

Let us ask ourselves, 'What kind of people do we think we are?' And let us answer, 'Free people, worthy of freedom and determined not only to remain so but to help others gain their freedom as well.'

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

Trust, but verify.

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available.

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.

You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed.

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

I noticed words crudely spray-painted upon the wall, perhaps by a young Berliner: 'This wall will fall. Beliefs become reality.' Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

Man is not free unless government is limited.

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.

I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'.

Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.

Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

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.

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free to determine their own destiny.

The British people know that, given strong leadership, time, and a little bit of hope, the forces of good ultimately rally and triumph over evil.

We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public. That's the way freedom is, and we wouldn't change it for a minute.

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.