Freedom is our most precious commodity and if we are not eternally vigilant, government will take it all away. Individual freedom demands individual responsibility.

The executive branch has grown too strong, the judicial branch too arrogant and the legislative branch too stupid.

A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote.

...guns do more than protect us from criminals; more importantly, they protect us from the ongoing threat of government.

That foreign trade should be fair rather than free.

I'm not a social friend of the Reagans. That's by their choice and by mine. They don't drink enough.

When you have a gutless Congress a lawless president can do pretty much what he chooses.

Government should work to insure the rights of the individual, not plot to take them away.

I sometimes lie awake at night trying to think of something funny that Richard Nixon said.

I cannot show remorse because I do not believe I am guilty.

One other thing I think a conservative believes is that the parents, not government, are and should be responsible for the upbringing and behavior of their children.

If greatness was easy to attain, everyone’s name would be in history books.

Because I’m not normal, ” I said.“You say that as if it’s a bad thing, Percy. But you don’t realize how important you are.

Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.

To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art.

Never let me slip cuz if I slip then I'm slippin'.

This is the essential evil of vice: it debases a man.

I'm very deliberate and I love Excel spreadsheets and I love five-year plans and all that. So it felt really fun to play someone so incredibly different from myself.

Marketing strategy is a series of integrated actions leading to a sustainable competitive advantage.

Anytime you bring a really powerful new technology to market there are multiple implications. You start changing the relative position of countries.

I've arranged with my executor to be buried in Chicago. Because when I die, I want to still remain active politically.