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"The challenge is always before us. Whenever we lose sight of the principles that mattered to our founders we run into trouble."
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"One who takes the road less traveled earns the rewards most missed."

"The more difficult a problem is, the more discoveries you make in the process of resolving it."

"When you become a transformer, you become faced with the challenge of skepticism."

"You stand the risk of a down turn, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks."

"Impossible things are really rough to do, you know."

"Sometimes I feel as if I'm racing with my own shadow."

"We are the mountains we must cross."
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"I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family."

"That is why I fought against abortion and that is why if I were still in the Senate I would be doing everything I could to defend the sanctity of marriage."

"I was with some Vietnamese recently, and some of them were smoking two cigarettes at the same time. That's the kind of customers we need!"

"I want our young people to believe as we did that there is no goal too high to reach if they are willing to work."

"Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals."

"I worked in the media from the late 30's through the early 70's. Politics in general became more liberal both nationally and within the state as the years passed."

"The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study."

"It has become more acceptable to describe yourself as a conservative, but not everyone who uses that term about themselves really is truly conservative."

"We can live our own lives in a way that does not bring reproach on the principles we claim to support."
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