One of the things I really want is for people to feel the civic responsibility, and not just refuse to vote out of protest.

[Congress] is not the British Parliament, and I hope it never will become the British Parliament... Are we going to bring the president in here and have a question period like the prime minister has in Great Britain?

I'm like a woman scorned. I'm prepared to continue to kick their fanny until the last day I'm alive on this Earth because they have mistreated too many people.

Why do they kill people of other religions because of religion? Why do they hate the Israelis and despise their right to exist? Why do they hate each other? Why do Sunnis kill Shiites? How do they tell the difference? They all look the same to me.

There are people who don't vote for a lot of reasons, sometimes as a statement.

Racial discrimination does not always violate public policy.

Government does best when it helps people help themselves. Human dignity is found not in a handout but in being able to do for one's self.