And it makes you wonder—how can a people incapable of selecting their own lightbulbs and toilets possess enough competence to vote for their own rulers and fill out complicated tax returns?

The Conservative does not despise government. He despises tyranny. This is precisely why the Conservative reveres the Constitution and insists on adherence to it.

Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny precisely because its principles are the founding principles.

When justices seize authority from the other branches of the federal government, as well as state and local governments, under the rubric of judicial review, that’s tyranny.

The government does not add value to the economy. It removes value from the economy by imposing taxes on one citizen and providing cash to another.

This is a very sick man, this Obama.

The Statist deflects public scorn for the consequences of his own central planning by blaming the very industry he is sabotaging for supply dislocations and price hikes.

The only dynasty I like is the Duck Dynasty.

The fact is that the New Deal was, overall, a dismal failure.

Utopianism substitutes glorious predictions and unachievable promises for knowledge, science, and reason, while laying claim to them all.

America has never been a pure democracy and majoritarianism has always been as much feared as monarchism.

Cry to Christ!

One of Lincoln's intimates as a presidential candidate urged him to make no promises and not to part with those kind words which could be interpreted as promises.

Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.

The greatest obstacle to discovering the truth is being convinced that you already know it.

Every star may be a sun to someone.

There are no dumb questions?only dumb answers.

When a scene is being shot, it is very difficult to know what one wants it to say, and even if one does know, there is always a difference between what one has in mind and the result on film.

My 20s were a time where I made it; my 30s were when I was away, confused, and trying to figure it all out.

where the world ends is where you must begin