“Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.”

“It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose your own.”

“If you're explaining, you're losing.”

“Here's my strategy on the Cold War: we win, they lose.”

“If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.”

“Socialists ignore the side of man that is the spirit. They can provide you shelter, fill your belly with bacon and beans, treat you when you're ill, all the things guaranteed to a prisoner or a slave. They don't understand that we also dream.”

“When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.”