Outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or economically as the private sector.

I now have absolute proof that smoking even one marijuana cigarette is equal in brain damage to being on Bikini Island during an H-bomb blast

For decades, we have piled deficit upon deficit, mortgaging our future and our children's future for the temporary convenience of the present. To continue this long trend is to guarantee tremendous social, cultural, political, and economic upheavals. You and I, as individuals, can, by borrowing, live beyond our means, but for only a limited period of time. Why, then, should we think that collectively, as a nation, we are not bound by that same limitation?

I do not feel betrayed. ... He has a fine record. He is a national hero. (On Oliver L North's work)

If you put it on the table as a bargaining chip, it becomes a bargaining chip

Life involves effort and growth. You won't grow by watching a situation comedy, though you can grow by reading a book. I hope we aren't becoming a nation of watchers, because what made us great is that we've always been a nation of doers.

Intelligence reports say Castro is very worried about me. I'm very worried that we can't come up with something to justify his worrying.