In case anybody asks you about my position on capital punishment, you can tell them I favor it; and if they want to know why, you can tell them this story.

Tyranny, like fog in the well known poem, often creeps in silently 'on little cat feet.'

I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine. And believe me, you are no Thomas Jefferson. (at 1992 Republican party convention, referring to Bill Clinton)

America is to great to dream small dreams.

We have the means to change the laws we find unjust or onerous. We cannot, as citizens, pick and choose the laws we will or will not obey.

Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace.

To do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom.