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

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

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

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.

On Hillary Clinton, who was an ardent Goldwater supporter in 1964: 'If he'd let his wife run business, I think he'd be better off. ... I just like the way she acts. I've never met her, but I sent her a bag of chili, and she invited me to come to the White House some night and said she'd cook chili for me. Someday, maybe.'

You've got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you're going to hit civilians.

Today neither of our two parties maintains a meaningful commitment to the principle of States' Rights. The 10th Amendment is not a 'general assumption' but a rule of law. States rights mean that states have a right to act or not to act, as they see fit, in areas reserved to them.