Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so

I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.

I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.

Now that I think I know what I'm doing, I'm scared. Before this, I just didn't know any better.

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

Writing, Im convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher.

You are too smart and too knowledgeable to believe much of the nonsense you have been espousing on global warming and many other issues.

If I hadn't been a part of [Harry Potter] I would have been deeply upset.

Patience is important, and also, if you don't want to do it, don't do it. But if you do, do. That's a general rule in how I live my life.

No one can dominate a population of 80,000,000.

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us.

I feel like the blues is actually some kind of documentary of the past and the present - and something to give people inspiration for the future.