There was a time when a willingness to criticize one's own government when it was wrong was the very definition of patriotism.

They ask me if I'm going to quit. I thought we were just getting started. We have a revolution to fight, a country to change.

There is no reason, in a free society, that farmers shouldn’t be allowed to raise hemp. Hemp is a good product.

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.

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

There's been a coup, have you heard? It's the CIA coup. The CIA runs everything, they run the military. They're the ones who are over there lobbing missiles and bombs on countries. ... And of course the CIA is every bit as secretive as the Federal Reserve. ... And yet think of the harm they have done since they were established [after] World War II. They are a government unto themselves. They're in businesses, in drug businesses, they take out dictators ... We need to take out the CIA.

The constant refrain that bringing our troops home would demonstrate a lack of support for them must be one of the most amazing distortions ever foisted on the American public.