The number one responsibility for each of us is to change ourselves with hope that others will follow.

Truth is treason in the empire of lies.

Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country.

One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.

During the last campaign I knew what was happening. You know, they mocked me for my foreign policy and they laughed at my monetary policy. No more. No more.

I lean toward a flat tax. But I want to make it real flat, like ZERO.

I am convinced that there are more threats to American liberty within the 10-mile radius of my office on Capitol Hill than there are on the rest of the globe.

Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed.

It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking.

We don't have the freedom of speech to talk about the weather. We have the first amendment so we can say some very controversial things.

In a free society, we are supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, we are in big trouble.

Enough with the sadness! This dream is not for cry-babies...” he said, his face beaming with a wide smile.

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.

These are the sort of things people ought to look at. Things without pretensions, satisfied to be merely themselves.

You will always be my always.

We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction.

Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream, And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by? ---"On death

This is the wonderful truth, my dear friends: the Word, which became flesh two thousand years ago, is present today in the Eucharist

I can't say I had an ideal father, and I'm not a father myself.

I don't want to write a novel per year. I know that I need a break of one or two years. So maybe I invent some new, urgent activity so I don't fall into the trap of starting a new novel.