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

If somebody's in prison for non-violence, drug usage, and never committed a hard crime, they should be pardoned and let out.

...[the federal] government [has no authority] to deliver a service,...and there's no evidence to show that government has ever been efficient [at] delivering...service.

If you drink too much, you go out and you harm to somebody, you have to suffer the consequences. Same way with health matters. You don't have the right to demand that someone else take care of you because of your habits.

We have a lot of goodness in this country. And we should promote it, but never through the barrel of a gun. We should do it by setting good standards, motivating people and have them want to emulate us. But you can't enforce our goodness, like the neocons preach, with an armed force. It doesn't work.

The Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were justified.

Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong.