‎"I feel certain that Conservatism is through unless Conservatives can demonstrate and communicate the difference between being concerned with [the unemployed, the sick without medical care, human welfare, etc.] and believing that the federal government is the proper agent for their solution.

I have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.

I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed in their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is "needed" before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible.

It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions.

I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size.

I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine.

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