Freedom without virtue isn't freedom - it will eventually destroy a society.

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?

Grab it while you can because tomorrow could suck you dry.

Nobody can be lucky all the time, so when your luck deserts you in some fashiondon't think you've been abandoned in your prime, but rather that you're saving up your ration.

Things that bring out your emotions are what should be in theaters and in books. That's what art is. It makes you feel things.

You become what you give your attention to...If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.

Loving and perishing: it's been a rhyme all these eternities. The will to love: that is, also being willing to die.

Washington is a resigning town. Nothing else holds the special excitement of a rumored resignation.

I used to look at these pictures of trumpeters pointing their instrument to the ceiling. Stunning pictures, but if you play the trumpet and point it upwards, all the spit comes back into your mouth!

Fascism is meaningless because it's so completely indefinable, so where does the 'anti' come into the equation?

If Boeing got a big head start on the 707 from multibillion-dollar military contracts to develop an air force transport, is that a sin against free trade?

I don't go to bars and stuff like I used to, but I live each day to make something.