Lawyers advocate more so than state their own positions.

If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.

I don't like labels. I think they conceal more than they reveal, sort of like a bikini.

My tenure in the Senate was really as an independent and whichever, regardless of party label.

I really do not make deals.

What I would ask the leaders to do is to better understand the American people. I would insist that the leaders have town meetings and meet the people and listen to them and find out what is on their minds.

Today the Internal Revenue Code constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. A flat tax would be an enormous step forward.