Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated.

The advantage of the cauliflower is that if all else fails, you can always cover it with melted cheese and eat it.

I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They hate inflation but love everything that causes it.

If you would not confront your neighbor and demand his money at the point of a gun to solve every new problem that may appear in your life, you should not allow the government to do it for you.

Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves-our time and energy, our passion and commitment, and, above all, our love.

If you really want to help the poor, help the rich. They're the ones who will invest, build more factories, create more jobs.

Freedom is strangely ephemeral. It is something like breathing; one only becomes acutely aware of its importance when one is choking.

Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times, not the last. That is the source of technological innovation, jobs, and wealth.

Achievers must not be penalized or parasites rewarded if we aspire to a healthy, productive, and ethical society.

The nation ought to have a tax system which looks like someone designed it on purpose.

The truth is more magical - in the best and most exciting sense of the word - than any myth or made-up mystery or miracle. Science has its own magic: the magic of reality.

You ought to pray, read and mediate on word of God. These acts lead to the greatest spiritual awaken.

Culture in its higher forms is a delicate plant which depends on a complicated set of conditions and is wont to flourish only in a few places at any given time.

Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid.

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

What is reality? Is it not merely a term for the philosopher to conjure with, behind which he may craftily conceal his ignorance?

TV happens. And once it's happened, it's gone. When it's gone, you move on, no tears, no tantrums, no videotape

I trust you because I need you.

You can be a star here in Europe and not be known at all in the United States.

I'm sure that a French production of this [Maigret series] would be different. For better or worse, who's to say, but probably not very good for 8 o'clock on ITV.