Small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.

The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.

If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.

[G]overnment can, instead of extending freedom, restrict freedom. And note ... that the 'can' quickly becomes 'will' the moment the holders of government power are left to their own devices. This is because of the corrupting influence of power, the natural tendency of men who possess some power to take unto themselves more power. The tendency leads eventually to the acquisition of all power - whether in the hands of one or many makes little difference to the freedom of those left on the outside.

Without the National Federation of Republican Women, there would be no Republican Party.

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

Having spent 37 years of my life in the military as a reservist, and never having met a gay in all of that time, and never having even talked about it in all those years, I just thought, why the hell shouldn't they serve? They're American citizens. As long as they're not doing things that are harmful to anyone else... So I came out for it.