People are not going to reelect Barack Obama. But will the new president govern as a real conservative? We're going to have to apply the heat to make sure.

Your brand is the single most important investment you can make in your business

The politicians say 'we' can't afford a tax cut. Maybe we can't afford the politicians.

You make more money selling advice than following it. It's one of the things we count on in the magazine business -- along with the short memory of our readers.

There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that takes away so much of people's money, power, and personal control while telling them that life will be better as a result.

As our federal government has grown too large and too powerful, the real loss has been the freedom of people to govern their own lives and participate fully in the American dream.

The real cure for what ails our health care system today is less government and more freedom.

The tax code is a monstrosity and there's only one thing to do with it. Scrap it, kill it, drive a stake through its heart, bury it and hope it never rises again to terrorize the American people.

We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values

The flat tax would be so simple, you could fill it out on a post card. A post card that would say, in effect, having a wonderful time; glad most of my money is here.

There's plenty of juice to keep this economy going.

Difficult People? I don't really know. I don't have those metrics.

If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure

It is not we as individuals, then, who must bend uncomfortably around the institution of marriage; rather, it is the institution of marriage that has to bend uncomfortably around us.

Reducing every issue to an argument can become stale but it's often a very good way of clarifying issues.

This is a choice I made 26 years ago when I joined the magazine. Vogue was in Italian but I wanted to speak to everyone so I thought of creating images that were made to talk.

Rhetoric matters, but at the end of the day policy matters more.

You know you're a success when you look at your kids and realize they turned out better than you.

Punch me." "Don't be absurd." "Come on, punch me, Barrons." "I'm not punching you." "I said, punch--OW!" He decked me.

Dusk was falling quickly. It was just after 7 P.M., and the month was October.

If I don't get laid, I'll sure die trying.