If we really want liberty - if we really want liberty - then we need to go out and get it, we need to take it, because nobody is going to give it to us. And we need to do it now.

NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty.

Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers or terrorists who think nothing of breaking the gun laws.

I am a very peaceful man. I love people and am known for my gregarious personality. However, if you try to confiscate my guns, I will feel compelled to give them to you, one bullet at a time.

I just want everyone to know that 20,000 gun laws in the United States are unconstitutional. They infringe on your right to protect your life, the lives of your loved ones, and your property.

The first lines of defence against criminals are the victims themselves.

When the state or federal government controls the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens.

I am opposed to any individual taxes until we eliminate all of the unconstitutional agencies, and I suspect we wouldn't need a tax after that.

On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.

The Constitution: it's not just a good idea, it's the law.

Most of our problems in the United States can be traced to a blatant disregard for private property.

Advanced weaponry, victories in battle and space travel do not an advanced species or civilization make.

Prayer is the means that God has ordained for the supply of grace that is necessary to be joyful in hope.

From the plough to paper, from the wheel to house, from tool handles to sailing ships. Man would have been nothing without trees.

If my life is of no value to my friends it is of none to myself.

Until I figure out what I'm going to do when I grow up, I'm not going to be grown up.

Jackie [Kennedy] wore one of my dresses – it was made from kitchen curtain material – and people went crazy.

I approach my life haphazardly. Not much holiness and only as much wisdom as I can muster.

Three to four times a week, I get up at 7:30 A.M. while the courts are empty at Venice Beach and play full court one-on-one.

Children of the future, watching empires fall. Madness the cup they drink from, self destruction the toll.

Real life is a funny thing, you know. In real life saying the right thing at the right time is beyond crucial.