I'm sorry that I can't snap my fingers and undo 50 years of bad American foreign policy.

The government is good at one thing. It knows how to break your legs, and then hand you a crutch and say, "See if it weren't for the government, you wouldn't be able to walk".

Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing.

For those looking for security, be forewarned that there's nothing more insecure than a political promise.

It's important to realize that whenever you give power to politicians or bureaucrats, it will be used for what they want, not for what you want.

A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.

The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.

When you give politicians the power to do what you think is right you're automatically giving politicians the power to do what you think is wrong.

Immigrants used to come to America seeking freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom from government. Now they come looking for free health care, free education, and a free lunch.

Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See, if it wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.'

In almost all matters, the real question should be: why are we letting government handle this?

Don't ever say you are sorry for "being caught in the moment". Because, at that moment, that is EXACTLY where you wanted to be.

Life keeps throwing me stones. And I keep finding the diamonds...

You always feel when you look it straight in the eye that you could have put more into it could have let yourself go and dug harder.

In every pang that rends the heart The Man of Sorrows had a part.

[on pop idol Donny Osmond] He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

We achieve more than we know. We know more than we understand. We understand more than we can explain.

I have always thought that Donald Trump was an incredibly clever politician, but he's - at some point he's going to become unwound and maybe this is it.

An artist paints his own reality.

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.

There is no such thing as truth. The only thing that is actually there is your 'logically' ascertained premise, which you call truth.