I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the Manhattan phone book than the entire faculty of Harvard.

Though liberals do a great deal of talking about hearing other points of view, it sometimes shocks them to learn that there are other points of view.

I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich.

What yells out at the US public . . . is the incandescent hypocrisy of so many people who, in the name of free speech, persecute its practitioners if their opinions are conservative.

Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security.

I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.

The socialized state is to justice, order, and freedom what the Marquis de Sade is to love.

When it is not possible to reason with holy warriors, it is necessary to immobilize them or crush them.

Facts are like cows. If you look them in the face long enough, they generally run away.

Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others.

Ain't got no comparison and I ain't being arrogant.

Freedom is always at the beginning and not at the end.

It is bad governments, not bad people, who cause revolutions.

We need God in ways we do not know. Don't limit your experience of God to what you can think to ask. Ask for the unknown joy.

It must happen to everyone. The last time you make love, you can't know it will be the last.

People that are interested in me, I like to be interested in them.

The great effect of friendship is beneficence, yet by the first act of uncommon kindness it is endangered.