I want people to take care of themselves.

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?

It doesn't matter how you conceive of divinity. It only matters that you see it in everything, including yourself.

I like to be sad once in a while. You need it for your equilibrium.

You have to become that infinite formless creation, which is life, to know it. It cannot be known in an intellectual sense. That is enlightenment.

I look into your eyes and see my own soul.

What is troubling us is the tendency to believe that the mind is like a little man within.

I know - from personal experience - that abiding values and abundant visions are learned in the homes of our people.

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.

However, a rich print environment helps only when more reading is done.

The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.