I strongly support the Second Amendment and I believe the Second Amendment ought to be preserved - which means no gun control.

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility

Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.

Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.

Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.

The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them.

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.

People who have strong likes and dislikes find life very difficult

How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.

I think I have a better chance at getting an Oscar before a Grammy.

I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that.

I'm comfortable with how I lived my life as the president.

It's nice to be able to communicate digitally with people around the world.

Even trained for years as they all had been in precision of language, what words could you use which would give another the experience of sunshine?

No one holds the power. Just because they might give you a bit of money every now and then doesn't mean that they have the right to change what you do.

I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time.

I'm always sticking up for other people.