You never do any good being put on the defensive and staying there.

If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.

Poverty is not the root cause of crime.

Liberals attempt through judicial activism what they cannot win at the ballot box.

We're not sexists, we're chauvinists - we're male chauvinist pigs, and we're happy to be because we think that's what men were destined to be. We think that's what women want.

End results that work that don’t involve government threaten liberals.

You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.

Styrofoam and plastic milk jugs are biodegradable! Do you know what isn't biodegradable? Paper!

I think cigars are just a tremendous addition to the enjoyment of life.

The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.

In a country of children where the option is Santa Claus or work, what wins?

She woke up thin. She loved it when that happened.

A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.

Several incidents in my life have convinced me of spiritual interposition - of the promptings of some beneficent force outside ourselves, which tries to help us where it can.

When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.

Comfort comes into your house first as guest, then as a host, then finally as the master.

My public image is so low-key, but I get to travel the world and still have an audience and it's really amazing. I don't take that for granted.

In statesmanship there are predicaments from which it is impossible to escape without some wrongdoing.

Mr. Speaker, Delaware River's regional ports handle approximately 58 million tons of cargo yearly.

My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.

He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.