I take my marching orders from the Constitution.

Truth is treason in the empire of lies.

Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country.

One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.

During the last campaign I knew what was happening. You know, they mocked me for my foreign policy and they laughed at my monetary policy. No more. No more.

I lean toward a flat tax. But I want to make it real flat, like ZERO.

I am convinced that there are more threats to American liberty within the 10-mile radius of my office on Capitol Hill than there are on the rest of the globe.

Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed.

It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking.

We don't have the freedom of speech to talk about the weather. We have the first amendment so we can say some very controversial things.

In a free society, we are supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, we are in big trouble.

Being petty allows you to make mountains out of molehills.

Do good. That’s all any of us can do.

You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave.

There are people you meet that you get to know, and then there are people you meet that you already know.

My dad's era believed that there was something noble in being a good guy - the kind of guy that lived straight and narrow, told the truth, and stood up for what he believed was right.

Bush's presidency is revisionism-proof. We're going to be recovering from it for the rest of our lives.

What would a man do, if he were compelled to live always in the sultry heat of society, and could never bathe himself in cool solitude?

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

My feeling is that a newspaper should serve its readers and it just seems to me that given what is going in the world, people are hungry for something.

To pay more is the easy way. In fact, the solution possibilities to the problem are many.