All of us should remember that the federal government is not some mysterious institution comprised of buildings, files and paper. The people are the government. What we create we ought to be able to control.

In the end, North Korea's conduct may change only when its leadership does.

I will defend Europe; it is our civilisation which is at stake... I will work to rebuild ties between Europe and its citizens.

Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.

It is an axiom of political life that you never raise expectations, whether in a political or military campaign, because your defeats are then magnified and your victories discounted.

In so strong a light, nevertheless, do they appear to the Secretary, that, on their due observance, at the present critical juncture, materially depend, in his judgment, the individual and aggregate prosperity of the citizens of the United States; their relief from the embarrassments they now experience; their character as a people; the cause of good government.