The human condition for the vast majority of people on this planet for the entire time of what humanity has been here has been bondage and tyranny, dictatorship, pestilence. That's really what American exceptionalism is, when you get right down to it.

I think if Donald Trump skipped out on a debate, for whatever reason he gave, I don't think it would help him at all.

When [Marco] Rubio won the election, he was a Tea Party darling, he was a Tea Party favorite. What happened? "Gang of Eight".

The Republican Party seems just as eager as the Democrats to pronounce their voters as extreme kooks.

When people don't want 'em, when they profit from the division, however, be it politically or financially, that's when I abhor it.

No nation ever taxed itself into prosperity. You could afford your house without the government-if it weren't for the government. Character matters; leadership descends from character. If you commit a crime, you're guilty. Compassion is no substitute for justice. Poverty is not the root cause of crime. The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters.

My belief is that most of the limitations people have or face are self-imposed.