No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size.

They ... knew, those Founding Fathers, that outside of its legitimate functions, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector of the economy.

Senator Clark of Pennsylvania ... defines liberalism as "meeting the material needs of the masses through the full power of centralized government." Well, I for one resent it when a representative of the people refers to you and me--the free man and woman of this country--as "the masses."

We in America have learned bitter lessons from two World Wars: ... We've learned that isolationism never was and never will be an acceptable response to tyrannical governments with an expansionist intent.

You all knew that some things are worth dying for. One's country is worth dying for, and democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.