I see this piece of legislation as essentially being a declaration of virtual war. It is giving the President tremendous powers to pursue war efforts against a sovereign nation. ...I think it is another example of a flawed foreign policy that we have followed for a good many decades.

Have you noticed the debt is exploding? And it's not all because of Medicare.

The most basic principle to being a free American is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives and decisions

By the way, when I say cut taxes, I don't mean fiddle with the code. I mean abolish the income tax and the IRS, and replace them with nothing.

The only thing we should prohibit is violence.

Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons.

You don't have a right to a house, you don't have a right to a job, you don't have a right to medical care.