The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.

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.

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

I believe that Israel is one of our most important friends in the world.

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 you're really serious about protecting people's incomes, you've got to consider how you're going to protect the dollar. If you don't have the dollar maintaining its value, no matter where you put the money you're not going to have any value.

American voters should understand that Congress will always find a way to spend every last dollar sent to Washington.