I deal with what "is," not with what I wish was or not with what was or used to be.

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?

The world is built with words.

Painted faces laughed. It was like a mad carnival where everyone was oblivious, lost in the bliss of chaos, a throng unaware of a bomb planted beneath thefloorboards.

When any organizational entity expands beyond 21 members, the real power will be in some smaller body.

A woman's hopes are woven of sunbeams; a shadow annihilates them.

When one meddles with the direction of a revolution, the problem is not how to make it go but how to keep it under control.

There's a lot of me in Captain Jack and there's a lot of Captain Jack in me. And there is no pun intended.

It takes a long time to appreciate one's parents.

As the cost of gasoline rises and our dependence on foreign oil continues to increase, the effect of sending over $100 billion each year to OPEC nations hurts every American.

Everyone looks for the good, therefore everyone looks for God.

Sometimes it's good to miss a bus. It might be the wrong bus.