I am not a professional politician.

People say you favor assassination, what do you think war is? Except that it's assassination on a much larger scale, a much more horrific scale.

I don't think Hamas will be satisfied simply ruling the Gaza Strip.

I think some of this fascination with the 'Arab Spring' is just a grand experiment with Israel's survival.

North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons.

My philosophy is not a bean-counting, accounting 'look at this.' It is a philosophy that smaller government is better government, and government that is closer to the people is best of all.

There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference.

Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom.

The only thing that will stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons is regime change in Tehran.

There's no such thing as the United Nations.

If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in the region.

Worry is the darkroom in which negatives can develop.

... look treasured

So nobody got time for people who aren't worth your time.

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

Rendering oneself unarmed when one had been the best-armed, out of a height of feeling-that is the means to real peace, which must always rest on a peace of mind.

Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.

Things musicals taught me: All your problems will go away if you sing about it.

Why should the way I feel depend on the thoughts in someone else's head?

My grandsons really love my apple cake, which is from my grandmother's recipe.

My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun?