I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.

I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.

I have characterized Nixon as a loner, a cold man with great self-confidence and a one-track mind centered on the advancement of Richard Nixon.

There's no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.

We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.

The Conservative knows that to regard man as part of an undifferentiated mass is to consign him to ultimate slavery.

Government should stay the hell out of people's business.

I'd rather see a woman elected...They understand they can't spend more money than the old man brings home.

I've always said I have nothing against a woman doing anything a man can do as long as she gets home in time to cook dinner.

Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.

The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.

The big thing is to make this country - quit discriminating against people just because they're gay. You don't have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay. They're American citizens.

By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world with religious wars.

Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.

The effect of Welfarism on freedom will be felt later on - after its beneficiaries have become its victims, after dependence on government has turned into bondage and it is too late to unlock the jail.

To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable.

The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.