“If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.”

We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.

Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.

Excellence does not begin in Washington.

If history teaches anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don’t have that problem.

There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to the human capacity for intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

Please tell me you’re Republicans.

Status quo, you know, is Latin for ‘the mess we’re in.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

The future doesn’t belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave.

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

I’ve always believed that a lot of the trouble in the world would disappear if we were talking to each other instead of about each other.

Facts are stupid 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.

They say hard work never hurt anybody, but I figure why take the chance.

Just in case you ever foolishly forget; I’m never not thinking of you.

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

The world is mostly divided between madmen who remember and madmen who forget. Heroes are rare.

We were together. I forget the rest.

I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll be glad to make an exception.

Remember me and smile, for it’s better to forget than to remember me and cry.

You must go in quest of yourself, and you will find yourself again only in the simple and forgotten things.