Do you know what the primary infrastructure of the United States actually is, ladies and gentlemen? It's freedom - freedom and liberty - and that infrastructure certainly does need some rebuilding.

If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.

Poverty is not the root cause of crime.

Liberals attempt through judicial activism what they cannot win at the ballot box.

We're not sexists, we're chauvinists - we're male chauvinist pigs, and we're happy to be because we think that's what men were destined to be. We think that's what women want.

End results that work that don’t involve government threaten liberals.

You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.

Styrofoam and plastic milk jugs are biodegradable! Do you know what isn't biodegradable? Paper!

I think cigars are just a tremendous addition to the enjoyment of life.

The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.

In a country of children where the option is Santa Claus or work, what wins?

...if we gained only one incontestable truth every ten years from each of our philosophical writers the harvest we reaped would be sufficient.

Being able to unlock your subconscious mind depends on knowing what you want before you can achieve it.

Some people radiate happiness and make every one happy around them.

There are two parts to the creative endeavor: making something then disseminating it.

The world must live. We are only one species among billions. The gods don't love us any more than they love spiders or bears or whales or water lilies.

If you have too good a time writing hostile reviews, you'll injure not only your sensibility but your soul.

Episcopalians have always preferred the flying buttress to the pillar of the church.

The corporation is an out-of-control Frankenstein.

I think that both Bernie [Sanders] and Hillary [Hillary] have highlighted how much, over the last few decades, we have seen the concentration of wealth in fewer and fewer hands.

She seemed fragile like a moonflower – destined to bloom for a single lovely night, and then to fade and fall.