The best thing going for us is Al Gore. I cannot conceive how the American people could elect him. On the other hand, I couldn’t conceive how they could elect a Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton – especially Clinton in ’96.

I don’t like government, it’s just that simple.

Most politicians – those people who live, eat and breathe politics – like to sit around and talk about politics and tell political war stories. Reagan didn’t do that. His war stories were movie war stories and Hollywood war stories. He loved that.

Reagan’s half a disciple of Benjamin Franklin. He believes in early to bed.

I’m not a social friend of the Reagans. That’s by their choice and by mine. They don’t drink enough.

There are many things in America worth conserving. But I am one of those conservatives who believes the most important of those things is liberty. Without liberty, without individual freedom, what is left to conserve isn’t worth all that much.

As long as there are two nations, two parties, two sexes or even two people there are going to be divisions. And all the talk in the world isn’t going to change that. Thank goodness!

One of the things that bothers me most is the growing belief in the country that security is more important than freedom. It ain’t.

If you make one word out of ‘The IRS’ it spells ‘theirs.’

...guns do more than protect us from criminals; more importantly, they protect us from the ongoing threat of government.