The free lunch is the essence of modern liberalism.

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.

The more a woman appreciates the hunting prowess of her man, the more he will kill for her.

Oh for Christ sakes. Ay carrumba, chimichanga. I have no idea what you’re saying, but shut your pretty pie hole.

I don't do my mother's cooking. Because I am a professional and she isn't. Even if she is a better cook.

Use love, use love as a bridge.

Day of the Lord, as all our days should be!

I got my start by giving myself a start.

I find that I'm at my least creative point when I am doing something that I've done in repetition and I know all the rules - I never break the rules because I know them.

The greatness of Marciano in the ring was defined by the way he prepared for a fight, his ability to punch and take a punch.

It is inappropriate (to allow parents) to design the curriculum and to run the school.

A person loves to review his own mind. That is the use of a diary, or journal.