A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the judge enforces the proper courtroom procedures - a trial in which every assumption can be challenged.

Being a politician means never having to say you're sorry. You don't have to say, 'I never should have voted to subsidize that ridiculous Enron project in India.' ... After all, they're greedy businessmen and you're a selfless public servant.

When you know that you're capable of dealing with whatever comes, you have the only security the world has to offer.

The free market punishes irresponsibility. Government rewards it.

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

In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was proof that it was possible to have a relatively free and peaceful country. No income tax, no foreign wars, no welfare state, no intrusions on civil liberties.

When paper money systems begin to crack at the seams, the run to gold could be explosive.