The essence of government is force, and most often that force is used to accomplish evil ends.

But let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then tell me how much of what I earn belongs to you - and why?

Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man.

No matter how worthy the cause, it is robbery, theft, and injustice to confiscate the property of one person and give it to another to whom it does not belong.

If one person has a right to something he did not earn, of necessity it requires that another person not have a right to something that he did earn.

Democracy and liberty are not the same. Democracy is little more than mob rule, while liberty refers to the sovereignty of the individual.

The Founders knew that a democracy would lead to some kind of tyranny. The term democracy appears in none of our Founding documents. Their vision for us was a Republic and limited government.

In a free society, government has the responsibility of protecting us from others, but not from ourselves.

Always be suspicious of those who pretend to know it all, claim their way is the best way and are willing to force their way on the rest of us.

I prefer a thief to a Congressman. A thief will take your money and be on his way, but a Congressman will stand there and bore you with the reasons why he took it.

Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created in the first place.

Leaders live by reality and not by assumptions!

Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.

We run heedlessly into the abyss after putting something in front of us to stop us from seeing it.

We start out in our lives as little children, full of light and the clearest vision.

Violence is a calm that disturbs you.

Bob [Dylan] is not authentic at all. He's a plagiarist, and his name and voice are fake. Everything about Bob is a deception. We are like night and day, he and I.

I like comedy a lot. I love comedy. It's so much fun, but it's hard, too.

Accident is veiled necessity.

Religion deals in certainties and philosophy deals more in un-answered questions.

Every responsible chief in the CIA knows that the more covert the action, the greater the need for a clear policy and a defined target.