The reason people hate America is because they don't like being treated like garbage by arrogant, pompous, hypocritical, self-righteous, duplicitous, imperialist political and bureaucratic hacks.

If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all.

By the very nature of government schooling, the matter of what goes into school textbooks must necessarily be a political matter, to be decided by those I political power.

There is no difference in principle, ... between the economic philosophy of Nazism, socialism, communism, and fascism and that of the American welfare state and regulated economy.

The Trouble with liberals is twofold: They have a horrible blind spot with respect to moral principles and they have an abysmal understanding of economic principles.

It is commonly believed that the rights of the American people come from the Constitution. Nothing could be further from the truth.

No matter what federal program one selects - Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the drug war, the income tax and the IRS, education, foreign interventions and wars - they are all a giant mess.

The most inspirational feeling I can come up with is.......The feeling of presence.

No one dies pre-maturely. As is meant, happens naturally

Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any viable reason.

I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full.

Feminism and issues surrounding being female in the world, always, but particularly right now at this complicated cultural moment. It's a huge part of what's important to me.

The very best and highest attainment in this life is to remain still and let God act and speak in you.

I tend to be the one that breaks the mold most often, and thus, I tend to be the one with a lot of outtakes, songs that don't make the record.

My least favorite photographer to have would be myself. Someone who wanted a career at National Geographic. Because it's almost mathematically impossible to achieve that.

Find fault, when you must find fault, in private, if possible; and some time after the offense, rather than at the time.

You're going to die sooner.