Secretary [John] Kerry has called Civil War [in Syria] an unbelievably small war that we're going to get involved with.

The fundamental reason why Medicare is failing is why the Soviet Union failed - socialism doesn't work.

Do we fear terrorism so much that we throw out our Constitution, and are we unwilling and afraid to debate our Constitution?

Inherent to socialism is the absence of choice. If I want to choose my own pretzels or books or iphones, they prevent me - they fine me, or imprison me. And those systems, not infrequently have historically, have developed into systems where there are pogroms.

My worry now is that many people are talking about a partial repeal of Obamacare. If you only repeal part of it and you leave if some sort of Obamacare light, which some are talking about, my fear is the situation actually gets worse.

We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.

We shouldn't be fearful of freedom, we shouldn't be fearful of individual liberty.