If a law could keep dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people, there would be virtually no gun crime at all.

Immigrants used to come to America seeking freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom from government. Now they come looking for free health care, free education, and a free lunch.

Whatever the issue, let freedom offer us a hundred choices, instead of having government force one answer on everyone.

I'm sorry that I can't snap my fingers and undo 50 years of bad American foreign policy.

Voluntary association produces the free market - where each person can choose among a multitude of possibilities.

Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily.

What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.