“Honey, I forgot to duck.”
“If you've seen one redwood, you've seen them all.”
“Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.”
“If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.”
“Status quo, you know, that is Latin for ''the mess we're in.''”
“Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.”
“Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.”
“Let us ask ourselves; ''What kind of people do we think we are?''”
“We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.”
“Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.”
“It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?”
“Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.”
“You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.”
“The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.”
“Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.”
“Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.”
“While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.”
“No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.”
“Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.”
“Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.”
“I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.”
“Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere.”
“Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.”
“Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.”
“It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available.”
“We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule.”
“Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.”
“The taxpayer; that's someone who works for the federal government, but doesn't have to take a civil service examination.”
“Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.”
“Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.”