"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."

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

"A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his."

"They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong."

"The most important thing I learned in life is that power is fleeting; principles are eternal."