One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties.

I talk with Gary [Johnson] every other day, we're on different coasts usually but we keep in touch and - yeah, no I do not agree with that release.

I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.

Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government.

[Donald Trump] would be chaos for the country, I think.

The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites.

Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.