Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.
Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
A people free to choose will always choose peace.
How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.
Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.
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'.
How can a president not be an actor?
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.
A baby is an alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at the other.
Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.
Don't be afraid to see what you see.
History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.
All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at?
I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.
All great change in America begins at the dinner table.
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.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
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.
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.
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.
But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.
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.
Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer.
Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.
If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.
I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.
If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party.
Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.
Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.
Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.
Facts are stubborn things.
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.
Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
