While I am a great believer in the free enterprise system and all that it entails, I am an even stronger believer in the right of our people to live in a clean and pollution-free environment.

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.

Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man's liberty.

Small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.

A woman has a right to an abortion. That's a decision that's up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right.

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

I like to make people think differently than they did before I walked in the room.

Sometimes music, movies and books are the only things that let us feel like someone else feels like we do.

Part of me is afraid to get close to people because I'm afraid that they're going to leave.

I`m not a slave to a god that doesn`t exist.

Just remember when you think you're free, the crack in your heart is me.

Dear God, if you were alive, you know we'd kill you.