Ronald Reagan got a lot of democrats. I wish he hadn`t. I got to Congress with Reagan coming to the Whitehouse. The Reagan Program, a very radical one, a very drastic one passed because he had a lot of democrats. He worked at it personally and also because Reagan retained a popularity.

Particularly marijuana, I think is a great hypocrisy. I think frankly it contributes to a good deal of the sense of unfairness you have among younger people who are told they shouldn't do this because it’s got all these negative effects, but then older people are engaging in all kinds of things that probably have a greater impact on people.

I smoke a cigar or two a day. I did have a brownie once. It made me sleepy.

I do not think that any self-respecting radical in history would have considered advocating people’s rights to get married, join the Army, and earn a living as a terribly inspiring revolutionary platform.

I have been mislabeled as a big advocate of low-income home ownership over rental.

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.

The problem with the war in Iraq is not so much the intelligence as the stupidity.