Now, I happen to be an optimist.

Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way

Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem.

I was raised to believe that God has a plan for everyone and that seemingly random twists of fate are all a part of His plan.

My belief has always been... that wherever in this land any individual's constitutional rights are being unjustly denied, it is the obligation of the federal government-at point of bayonet if necessary-to restore that individual's constitutional rights

I don't have to tell you how fragile this precious gift of freedom is. Every time we hear, watch, or read the news, we are reminded that liberty is a rare commodity in this world.

[A woman waiting for him in the Kremlin asked Gobachev] "Was communism invented by a politician or a scientist?" [He replied] "Well, a politician." She said, "That explains it. The scientist would have tried it on mice first."