The words spoken by the leader of the free world can expand the frontiers of freedom or shrink them.

We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.

I like PBS. I love Big Bird ... But I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it.

I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia, or Mr. Putin.

I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren.

My wife drives a couple of Cadillacs.

I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.

I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning.

Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what.

I'm not familiar precisely with what I said, but I'll stand by what I said, whatever it was.

Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone.

Reason may win truths

A friend can give you the freedom to think differently.

You know, in Saudi Arabia, there is a body of 40 people - 34 people exactly, that once the succession comes, they will meet and they will elect a king in there.

Can the mind become completely still without coercion, without compulsion, without discipline?

Live life to it's fullest, love wastefully, and be all we can be.

If God's got a favorite songwriter, I think it's John Prine.

Have a care lest the wrinkles in the face extend to the heart.

I think no one has written a history of the great coaches who were around 30 to 40 years ago who taught the fundamentals.

He who prides himself an extraordinary person by his deeds is rejected by the world; he who has independent ideas is hated by the mass.