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

Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism.

One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.

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

There should essentially be no limits to the voluntary definition of marriage.

As recent as the year 2000 we won elections by saying we shouldn't be the policemen of the world, and that we should not be nation building. And its time we got those values back into this country.

Unlike Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, I never voted to provide taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood.