The Constitution, in addition to delegating certain enumerated powers to Congress, places whole areas outside the reach of Congress' regulatory authority. The First Amendment, for example, is fittingly celebrated for preventing Congress from "prohibiting the free exercise" of religion or "abridging the freedom of speech." The Second Amendment similarly appears to contain an express limitation on the government's authority.

The Constitution does not vest in Congress the authority to protect society from every bad act that might befall it....[I]f followed to its logical extreme, [this approach] would result in an unwarranted expansion of federal power.

I was never a liberal. I was radical. I was cynical. I was negative. But, I was never a liberal. I always saw that as too lukewarm for me.

The only people who have quick answers don't have the responsibility of making the decisions.

And I thank God I believe in God, or I would probably be enormously angry right now.

I love being around people who work with their hands, who do the hard things to keep our country going. They're just my kind of people.

I tend to really be partial to Ayn Rand, and to The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.