I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system.

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. So the freedoms that we talk about today, the liberties that we talk about today were the benefits that you got from discharging your responsibilities.

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

I do think that our freedoms are at risk.

But I know that the vote of 9 out of 10 black Americans for the Democratic Party or for leftist kinds of policies just is not reflective of their opinions.

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'm not an Uncle Tom. . .. I'm going to be here for 40 years. For those who don't like it, get over it.