Whenever a government prescribed freedom as a basic premise, inevitably the strong overcame the weak.

Yes, that's right.

I don't believe there's any farmer in the United States that would want or expect any leader to create a direct hunger in this country with a total crop failure and still ship food overseas.

I think that in the last 3 years when the embargoes have been imposed... there was an emergency.

Under none of those four circumstances would I have imposed an embargo.

No, of course I wouldn't do that, not if it would create hunger in our own nation.

I believe that the best government is the one closest to the people.

The family farm has preserved the values—honesty, dependability, hard work and faith—which we need to rediscover as a nation.

I want to tear those walls down.

I say it's time to take down the wall.

That's not much to ask.

Nobody who's spent as much time on a farm as I have wants the government to manage our farms.

Our people respect the American farmer.

But I prefer to go on from my farm to the White House and stop embargoes once and for all!

Farmers are the first and foremost environmentalists.

I haven't met a small farmer who wants to be on welfare or guaranteed a profit without work, but we should take away his chains.

I see abortions as evidence of a failure to prevent unwanted pregnancies.

I want to talk to you about some tough decisions.