A failing state cannot stop a revolution whose time has come.

Truth is treason in the empire of lies.

Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country.

One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.

During the last campaign I knew what was happening. You know, they mocked me for my foreign policy and they laughed at my monetary policy. No more. No more.

I lean toward a flat tax. But I want to make it real flat, like ZERO.

I am convinced that there are more threats to American liberty within the 10-mile radius of my office on Capitol Hill than there are on the rest of the globe.

Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed.

It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking.

We don't have the freedom of speech to talk about the weather. We have the first amendment so we can say some very controversial things.

In a free society, we are supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, we are in big trouble.

The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.

Oh yes. It was well worth it, doing things the proper way.

Flashlight beams danced crazily

Pots can show malice, the patterns of linoleum can leer up at you, treachery is the other side of dailiness.

A book sometimes seems to impose a through-line to life that real life doesn't actually have.

It's hard to imagine a more potent sign of a weak, declining empire than having one's national 'credibility' depend upon periodically bombing other countries.

He that cuts off twenty years of life Cuts off so many years of fearing death.

With technology, there is so much isolation with people now, that there are very few places where you can connect.

I really want to adopt a child... I want to be called 'Mom.' It really is the most beautiful word in the English language.

Mr. Douglass talks about the wrongs of the negro; but with all the outrages that he to-day suffers, he would not exchange his sexand take the place of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.