There was a time when a willingness to criticize one's own government when it was wrong was the very definition of patriotism.

Truth is treason in the empire of lies.

Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country.

One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.

During the last campaign I knew what was happening. You know, they mocked me for my foreign policy and they laughed at my monetary policy. No more. No more.

I lean toward a flat tax. But I want to make it real flat, like ZERO.

I am convinced that there are more threats to American liberty within the 10-mile radius of my office on Capitol Hill than there are on the rest of the globe.

Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed.

It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking.

We don't have the freedom of speech to talk about the weather. We have the first amendment so we can say some very controversial things.

In a free society, we are supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, we are in big trouble.

Normal people attempt countless goals with limited success. Weird people focus on just one God-given objective with tremendous results.

Standing at the end of a diving board looking at the water never made the water warmer, but it will make taking the plunge unnecessarily hard.

AIDS is a plague - numerically, statistically and by any definition known to modern public health - though no one in authority has the guts to call it one.

We don't have a lot of men on stage doing flamboyant or theatrical. We have a lot of female pop stars doing it, but where are the guys? Where's the classic pop-rock showman?

The history of the women's movement in America follows a consciousness-amnesia cycle.

Race, and the discussion of it brings out the bad, the good and the crazy in us.

I teach at Harvard that the world and the heavens, and the stars are all real, but not so damned real, you see.

Surround yourself with the right people, and realize your own worth.

In conversation, everyone sits in confident judgment on the world.

Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.