There's a distinct American culture that evolved from the United States founding, and that is what made America great, is what allowed the human being to become.

If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.

Poverty is not the root cause of crime.

Liberals attempt through judicial activism what they cannot win at the ballot box.

We're not sexists, we're chauvinists - we're male chauvinist pigs, and we're happy to be because we think that's what men were destined to be. We think that's what women want.

End results that work that don’t involve government threaten liberals.

You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.

Styrofoam and plastic milk jugs are biodegradable! Do you know what isn't biodegradable? Paper!

I think cigars are just a tremendous addition to the enjoyment of life.

The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.

In a country of children where the option is Santa Claus or work, what wins?

It's all a game. And if you don't want to play, maybe you shouldn't come to Hollywood.

But always, at moments when his mind was like a blind octopus, squirming in an agony of knife-cuts, she would drop in that accusation.

Isn't there any heaven where old beautiful dances, old beautiful intimacies prolong themselves?

Everything is very quiet, the streets are never crowded, and the people one dislikes are out of town.

I love that this film [Into the Forest] has a balance.

Where else but in America could a schoolteacher from Kansas City end up the governor of her adopted state?

Buying something on sale is a very special feeling. In fact, the less I pay for something, the more it is worth to me.

There is no harm in a man's cub.

Down the hill I went, and then, I forgot the ways of men, For night-scents, heady and damp and cool Wakened ecstasy

Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by unanimous choice.