The Brady Bill's only effect will be to desensitize the public to regulation of weapons in preparation for their ultimate confiscation.

When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back.

A drone is a high-tech version of an old army and a musket. It ought to be used in Somalia to hunt bad guys, but not in America. I don't want to see it hovering over anybody's home.

Chess: It's like alcohol. It's a drug. I have to control it, or it could overwhelm me. I have a regular Monday night game at my home, and I do play a little online.

To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.

There's a reason why in New York Harbor we have the Statue of Liberty, not the Statue of Equality.

If fences don't work, why is there one around the White House.

In explaining any puzzling Washington phenomenon, always choose stupidity over conspiracy, incompetence over cunning. Anything else gives them too much credit.

Better to be paralyzed from the neck down than the neck up

Washington is the only place in the world where a gaffe is when a politician accidently speaks the truth.

Obsession with self is the motif of our time.

Every day is divine. If you seek the sacred treasure you will find it.

Stroke followed stroke with the velocity of light. The movement of my hand was interrupted only by the act of changing colors.

There have been many Presidents of the United States and the roll will be indefinitely extended. We have had a number of brilliant soldiers, but only one great general.

The average American is not concerned with his society. He talks about it, but you know if one speaks of being concerned, I mean something about which one loses one's sleep, sometimes.

I would rather be seated between any two women than any two men at a dinner party.

I don't read the newspapers, I don't watch the news. I figure, if something important happens, someone will tell me.

I once heard a preacher who sorely tempted me to go to church no more.

Don't need cars cause we've learned to fly on Saturn.

There is no such thing as mental illness, hence also no such thing as psychotherapy.