"I've never been a great fan of long speeches. I think they're like a good meal: you enjoy the first few bites, but then you start to get full."

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

"We are a nation under God, and I believe we should act like it."

"Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence."

"The ultimate weakness of dictatorship is that it cannot afford to leave its citizens free."