Luck is opportunity met by preparation - and to be prepared or unprepared is a personal choice.

Barring extreme physical and mental disabilities, each and every one of us is where we are today -- be it poor or wealthy, happy or sad, on the streets or in a condo, in a Mercedes or a rusted-out Pinto -- because of the choices we have made during our lives. It's the choices we have made that put us where we are, not the choices others have made for us.

The principal villain in rising health care costs is the government. Not pharmaceutical companies, not doctors, but government.

Is there anything more dangerous to the cause of liberty than a politician fixated on re-election?

Our liberties face a far greater threat from Hillary Clinton ... than from Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. I am not saying that for impact; I believe that to the core of my being.

You have to ask yourself, 'Who owns me? Do I own myself or am I just another piece of government property?'

The federal government should be less important in our lives, not more.