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

Truth is treason in the empire of lies.

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 Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were justified.

Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth.

The purpose of life is to be happy and then spread the fragrance of happiness to enhance the beauty of life.

The Bible is such a gargantuan collection of conflicting values that anyone can "prove" anything from it.

There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.

Nobody will ever forget what I've accomplished.

[They] should never have put me with that woman. ... She was just a sort of bigoted woman who said she used to be Labour.

No phrase can convey the idea of surprise so vividly as opening the eyes and raising the eyebrows. A shrug of the shoulders would lose much by translation into words.

We must persuade Iran not t have nuclear weapons through peaceful and diplomatic means. We want a peaceful planet.

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.