Between 1980 and 1990, the number of countries that were classified as 'free' or 'mostly free' increased by about 50%.

The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.

He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides.

Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.

You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere.

I like the life of ideas and applying ideas to action.

If they are too big to fail, make them smaller.

Terrorism is not a matter that can be left to law enforcement, with its deliberative process, built-in delays, and safeguards that may let the prisoner go free on procedural grounds.

Obama seems to want to do something to damage rich people.

Before you get mugged by reality, take out an insurance policy. It's the Reagan way.

If somebody had made that [deal] to me when I was a businessman, I would have said he proposed to give me the sleeves from his vest.

Original thinking is the hardest thing you can try to do or that you can do, but it is also the most rewarding. Focus on your personal growth and development

When shall we live if not now?

It is at night... that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our life in the palm of our skull.

We've directed the creation of a task force for reducing violent crime in America, including the horrendous situation - take a look at Chicago and others - taking place right now in our inner cities.

If you are truly wise, then you reflect the universe and you are relational in your approach to things. You are a mirror of infinity. That is wisdom.

I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.

Try to be all you can be to be the best human being you can be. Try to be that in your church, in your temple. Try to be that in your classroom. Do it because it is right to do.

I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread.

One learns to ignore criticism by first learning to ignore applause.

Improv. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it's like open-field running.