No man could be equipped for the presidency if he has never been tempted by one of the seven cardinal sins.

The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative.

An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.

Vote against anything introduced with a "re" in it, especially reforms, reorganizations, and recodifications. This usually means going back to something that failed once and is likely to do so again.

The mortician interviewing the corpses

The function of liberal Republicans is to shoot the wounded after battle.

You know when I first thought I might have a chance? When I realized that you could go into any bar in the country and insult Lyndon Johnson and nobody would punch you in the nose.