The only thing we learn from history, I am afraid, is that we do not learn from history.

I do not have much confidence in the political system and never did. My goal has always been to change people's minds because as long as people demand more government, they will get it.

It's not like I'm just trying to win and get elected. I'm trying to change the course of history.

I wouldn't vote against getting rid of the Jim Crow laws.

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.

The most sinister of all taxes is the inflation tax and it is the most regressive. It hits the poor and the middle class. When you destroy a currency by creating money out of thin air to pay the bills, the value of the dollar goes down, and people get hit with a higher cost of living. It's the middle class that's being wiped out. It is most evil of all taxes.

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