I think what we've had in the past is the government has said, "Well, we need to collect the whole haystack." And the haystack is Americans' privacy. Every Americans' privacy. We have to give up all of our privacy.

The problem is that in our country, they make it almost impossible for politicians to win anything. In England it's easier to win a libel suit.

Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.

I think that, most importantly, when I see issues of war, I see them in a personal vein, and I am reluctant to go to war unless there's a real, valid American interest because I've seen the wounded soldiers.

I have allowed the president to pick his political appointees…But I will not sit quietly and let him shred the Constitution.

We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries - the financial industry or any other industry.

When you couple this militarization of law enforcement with an erosion of civil liberties and due process that allows the police to become judge and jury - national security letters, no-knock searches, broad general warrants, pre-conviction forfeiture - we begin to have a very serious problem on our hands.