You know, freedom is a very popular idea, and young people love it, and they're open to ideas. And they like principled answers to our problems.

What is not conservative about saying, 'Don't go to war unless we go to war properly with a full declaration of war and no other way?'

We're bankrupting our country and we have an empire that we're trying to defend which costs us $1 trillion a year. And the standard of living is going down today. It's going down and the middle class is hurting because of the monetary policy. When you destroy a currency, the middle class gets wiped out.

I am convinced that there are more threats to American liberty within the 10-mile radius of my office on Capitol Hill than there are on the rest of the globe.

If Iran invaded Israel, it's up to Congress to declare war.

When one person can initiate war, by its definition, a republic no longer exists.

The number one responsibility for each of us is to change ourselves with hope that others will follow.