Reagan didn't put anything off the table, if he felt it was for the good of the American people to tweak the tax system.

He's a million rubber bands in his resilience.

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.

An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.

There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders.

Those who travel the high road of humility are not troubled by heavy traffic.

We have two political parties in this country, the Stupid Party and the Evil Party. I belong to the Stupid Party.

I consider abortion to be a deeply personal and intimate issue for women and I don't believe male legislators should even vote on the issue.

Now it's just sharp elbows, and instead of having a caucus where you sit down and say, 'What are you doing for your country?' you sit figuring out how to screw the other side.

If you torture statistics long enough, they'll eventually confess the truth

Grandchildren now don't write a thank you for the Christmas presents. They are walking on their pants with their cap on backward, listening to the Enema Man and Snoopy, Snoopy Poop Dog.

In our dreams every man and woman are amazingly perfect, but in reality they have imperfections, so accept it without judgement.

A writer must always be the no.1 fan of their book,

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong which is but saying ... that he is wiser today than yesterday.

I think [Alex Acosta]will be a tremendous secretary of labor.

Most people think everybody feels about them much more violently than they actually do; they think other people's opinions of them swing through great arcs of approval or disapproval.

When the Negro learns what manner of man he is spiritually, he will wake up all over. He will stop playing white even on the stage. He will rise in the majesty of his own soul.

I'm horrible at concepts. My life is random and my inspiration is random. But it's all written in a very specific time frame that says a lot about my life at the time.

Laughing has always been considered by theologians as a crime.

Angels rush in when fools are almost dead.

Personal leadership is the process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with them.