I am not anti-gun. I'm pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife. In the first place, you have to catch up with someone in order to stab him. A general substitution of knives for guns would promote physical fitness. We'd turn into a whole nation of great runners. Plus, knives don't ricochet. And people are seldom killed while cleaning their knives.

There is no inverse relationship between freedom and security. Less of one does not lead to more of the other. People with no rights are not safe from terrorist attack.

Margaret Atwood, the Canadian novelist, once asked a group of women at a university why they felt threatened by men. The women said they were afraid of being beaten, raped, or killed by men. She then asked a group of men why they felt threatened by women. They said they were afraid women would laugh at them.

Bad policies, stupid policies, gutless policies have real consequences.

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win.

California is now close to spending more on prisons than it does on higher education - surely the death warrant of a civilization.