I'm an equal opportunity despiser.

You have to accept the rule of law, even when it's inconvenient, if you're going to be a country that bides by the rule of law.

I will criticize President Obama on this level: it's a good thing I'm not president because I would prosecute every person that was involved in that torture. I would prosecute the people that did it. I would prosecute the people that ordered it. Because torture is against the law.

I believe in the separation of church and state. We all have our own religious beliefs. There are people out there who are atheists, who don't believe at all. . . . They are citizens of Minnesota, and I have to respect that.

I'm saying 9/11 was to get us into Iraq and get us into Afghanistan.

Any party that would put Sarah Palin up on a pedestal will never have my support.

The Constitution guarantees us our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's all. It doesn't guarantee our rights to charity.