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

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

I don't know one of my friends who is considered a conservative who has not had to go back and thoroughly think through everything. You do a lot of soul-searching - 'cause we are not going to win any popularity contests.

Religious liberty is about freedom of action in matters of religion generally, and the scope of that liberty is directly correlated to the civil restraints placed upon religious practice.

The truth of the matter is we have become more interested in designer jeans and break dancing than we are in obligations and responsibilities.

I do think that our freedoms are at risk.

You have a number of choices. You could continue to always fight against people who are really distractions. They're people in the cheap seats of life. Or you can do what you went there to do.