The only way to oppose a bad idea is to replace it with a good idea.

Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum.

Conservatives define compassion not by the number of people who recieve some kind of government aid but rather by the number of people who no longer need it.

The power of one man or one woman doing the right thing for the right reason, and at the right time, is the greatest influence in our society.

There's no limit to what free men and free women in a free market with free enterprise can accomplish when people are free to follow their dream.

When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities.

There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.

He'll call that trickle-down. I call it Niagara Falls.

If we are to change America, we must change the United States Congress.

Economic growth doesn't mean anything if it leaves people out.

I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals. I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in the schools.

Love is a possible strength in an actual weakness.

There are many secrets

Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line.

The world's most sensible person and the biggest idiot both stay within us. The worst part is, you can't even tell who is who.

Canoe + waterfall = I don't go camping anymore.

For too long, the U.S. has been operating upon the premise that American men and matériel should be capable of reaching and controlling all corners of the world. This was a bully’s universe.

Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels. Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields.

The deepest and most enduring happiness is found only in God. Not from God, but in God.

Many have told me through the years: 'I think I'll take my chances without Jesus.' And I always come back and say, 'So what chance is that?'

I like the job. That's what I'll miss the most... I'm not sure anybody ever liked this as much as I've liked it.