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

My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you had responsibilities, and when you fulfilled those obligations or responsibilities, that then gave you the liberty to do other things.

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.

People get bent out of shape about the fact that when I was a kid, you could not drink out of certain water fountains. Well, the water was the same.

If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything-and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers.

It really bugs me that someone will tell me, after I spent 20 years being educated, how I'm supposed to think.

I certainly have some very strong libertarian leanings, yes.