"This man has put freedom on the offensive, where it belongs." —Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher speaking about former President Ronald Reagan.

"If they won't see the light, we'll make them feel the heat." —President Ronald Reagan. His favorite saying according to his chief White House speech writer, Ken Khachigian.

"A government of laws and not of men." —Future President John Adams in the Massachusetts Constitution (1780).

"The meaning of America is not to be found in a life without toil. Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort." —Future President Calvin Coolidge, 1922.

"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures." —Daniel Webster.

"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts." —President Abraham Lincoln.