I am totally committed to maintaining the freedom and equality America has to provide to every citizen.

We don't pay judges to think; we pay judges to rule on the law.

The civil libertarians among us would rather defend the constitution than protect our nation's security.

We represent our constituents. And so they don't get to dictate policy.

Donald Trump is saying we're going to end the lawlessness at the border and we're going to push Mexico to do better. So there's been a reaction by the activist community to attack him.

Some of my best friends are FBI agents.

We need more American energy. It keeps wealth at home. It keeps our wealth from ending up in Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. It creates jobs at home.

Donald Trump can improve and get better as he goes along, and I think he will.

I believe that President [George W.] Bush was correct. I thought that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and I supported him steadfastly, and once we committed we should see it through.

I certainly believe that improving our intelligence is of important national interest.

I am not the Jeff Sessions my detractors have tried to create. I am not a racist. I am not insensitive to blacks.

Keep your dreams, you will never know when you need them

When libertarian sentiments take a populist form, it looks like this: a mix of anger, fear, anti-intellectualism, and fierce government hostility. Welcome to the Tea Party movement.

Be bored and see where it takes you, because the imagination's dusty wilderness is worth crossing if you want to sculpt your soul.

Imagination... its limits are only those of the mind itself.

It [England] is a family in which the young are generally thwarted and most of the power is in the hands of irresponsible uncles and bedridden aunts.

Civil disobedience is not something outside the realm of democracy. Democracy requires civil disobedience. Without civil disobedience democracy does not exist.

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it

Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general.

All transitions are composed of an ending, a neutral zone and a new beginning