Close Dept. of Education, but don't dismantle public schools.

If you give up on your principles I don’t think that’s being pragmatic... Doing the wrong thing, even partially, isn’t being practical...if you have the right ideas and are forceful enough...I think you can get the support you need.

We should respect each other as rational beings by trying to achieve our goals through reason and persuasion rather than threats and coercion.

Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.

Every country ended slavery without civil war; US could have.

The Federal Reserve System is nothing more than legalized counterfeit.

I would say that I'm pretty mainstream.