And here we encounter the seeds of government disaster and collapse - the kind that wrecked ancient Rome and every other civilization that allowed a sociopolitical monster called the welfare state to exist.

My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.

We are on the Colorado — that means something more to me than electric power or a harnessed river.

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

Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.

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

I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.