Ideas are the only things that count, and politicians are, for the most part, pretty much irrelevant.

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.

Instead of magnifying the problem in your thoughts, magnify God.

My trust in a higher power that wants me to survive and have love in my life, is what keeps me moving forward.

What is the key to life on Earth?

But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that

I never believe I'm presenting objective reality; I also don't want to delude people into thinking that my subject is talking directly to them.

A theologian is born by living, nay dying and being damned, not by thinking, reading, or speculating.

There is nothing wrong with being a Marxist. Their point of view is essential to a democratic debate.

When we toppled [Muammar] Gadhafi in Libya, I think that was a mistake. I think ISIS grew stronger, we had a failed state, and we were more at risk.

It is not through the great skill of the hunter himself that success is achieved, but through the hunter's awareness of his place in Creation and his relationship to all things.

The habit of getting up early, which I had formed when the children were young, now became my choice. I am not very bright or very witty or very inventive after the sun goes down.