Most politicians believe in just one thing - winning elections. They'll say anything to get in office and stay there.

The government is good at one thing. It knows how to break your legs, and then hand you a crutch and say, "See if it weren't for the government, you wouldn't be able to walk".

Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing.

For those looking for security, be forewarned that there's nothing more insecure than a political promise.

It's important to realize that whenever you give power to politicians or bureaucrats, it will be used for what they want, not for what you want.

A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.

The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.

When you give politicians the power to do what you think is right you're automatically giving politicians the power to do what you think is wrong.

Immigrants used to come to America seeking freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom from government. Now they come looking for free health care, free education, and a free lunch.

Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See, if it wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.'

In almost all matters, the real question should be: why are we letting government handle this?

Passion is the fuel that drives ordinary people to achieve extraordinary results by aligning their hearts, minds, beliefs and efforts.

Poems are invisible flowers on my skin.

Go where people sleep and see if they are safe

Lovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the illusion of immortality and the fact of death.

I'm not a designer who is very interested in baroque or in fantasy or in the fantastic side of fashion. This exists and this is important, but I'm interested in the very real dimensions.

I just really gravitate towards a nostalgia for a time when things were simpler. When beauty was more classical and glamorous.

The text says Deuteronomy was lost, but you say it was written then.

When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted.

Men experience many passions in a lifetime. One passion drives away the one before it.

The Smiths was an incredibly personal thing to me. It was like launching your own diary to music.