It's political Daddyism and it's as old as demagogues and despotism.

Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.

To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.

I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.

History has to judge every man who served. I don't know how they're going to treat me. I may be the worst S.O.B. that ever came down the pike. But I won't lose any sleep over it. I just like to be remembered as an honest person who tried.

By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world with religious wars.

On religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this Supreme Being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be used sparingly.