On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.

NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty.

Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers or terrorists who think nothing of breaking the gun laws.

I am a very peaceful man. I love people and am known for my gregarious personality. However, if you try to confiscate my guns, I will feel compelled to give them to you, one bullet at a time.

I just want everyone to know that 20,000 gun laws in the United States are unconstitutional. They infringe on your right to protect your life, the lives of your loved ones, and your property.

The first lines of defence against criminals are the victims themselves.

When the state or federal government controls the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens.

I am opposed to any individual taxes until we eliminate all of the unconstitutional agencies, and I suspect we wouldn't need a tax after that.

If we really want liberty - if we really want liberty - then we need to go out and get it, we need to take it, because nobody is going to give it to us. And we need to do it now.

The Constitution: it's not just a good idea, it's the law.

Most of our problems in the United States can be traced to a blatant disregard for private property.

Success needs vision to see, passion to transcend, patience to withstand and the character to overcome failures.

Knowledge is half the battle. The application of knowledge is the other half. (1998)

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.

This whole tribal loyalty seems to have gone.

Nothing happens here in this building, in the House of Representatives, if there's no demand from outside the Capitol.

Australians always want everyone to be average, as if the best thing you can do is fit in.

The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more.

Weak men are the worse for the good sense they read in books because it furnisheth them only with more matter to mistake.

I believe from what I have lately seen that we should be substantially safe were our Citizens Armed, but we have not as many Arms as we have Enemies in the State.

I felt fine after 24 hours and asked the state commission to prolong my stay in space to three days. And I carried out the entire schedule. Could I have done that if I had been half-dead?