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

"We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is to blame rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions."

"America is too great for small dreams."

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

"We are a nation that has a government, not the other way around."