An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any force.

All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it's supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of individuals.

Some members of Congress will claim that the federal government needs the power to monitor Americans in order to allow the government to operate more efficiently. I would remind my colleagues that, in a constitutional republic, the people are never asked to sacrifice their liberties to make the jobs of government officials easier.

I have my shortcomings. But the message, it has no shortcomings. The message of Liberty is what America is all about.

Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country.

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

Bush humble foreign policy was hijacked into nation-building.