"All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk."

"Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying."

"Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing."

"One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it."

"Everyone wants to demagogue everyone else. That may be good politics, but it's awful policy."

"I haven't been very active in politics."

"Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult, which is that the size and scope of government, and really the size and scope of politics in our lives, has grown uncomfortable, unwieldy, intrusive and inefficient."

"And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool."