Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

In Hollywood, as I've often said, if you don't sing or dance, you end up as an after-dinner speaker.

Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.

Republicans believe the best way to assure prosperity is to generate more jobs. The Democrats believe in more welfare.

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

Our federal tax system is, in short, utterly impossible, utterly unjust and completely counterproductive . . . [It] reeks with injustice, and is fundamentally un-American

Presidents come and go. History comes and goes, but principles endure.