Read my lips: no new taxes.

The best way to relieve families from time to time is to let them keep some of their own money.

The Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no, and they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again. And I'll say to them, read my lips, no new taxes.

I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves.

When you tell the American people, 'Read my lips. No new taxes,' that should mean no new taxes.

You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.