"The future is not Big Government. Self-serving politicians. Powerful bureaucrats. This has been tried, tested throughout history. The result has always been disaster. President Obama, your agenda is not new. It's not change, and it's not hope."

"Our nation was created in ways that allow human potential to prosper, and it created the greatest nation for people in the history of humanity. Now Obama is dismantling it, because he has no appreciation for our greatness. In fact, he resents it. He blames this country for whatever evils he sees around the world."

"Folks, the most insidious part of this whole health care scheme is that all of these vast medical expenditures will become nothing more than government budget items. We individuals will no longer exist. The relationship between a government and citizen will change forever."

"Enraging liberals is simply one of the more enjoyable side effects of my wisdom."

"Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close."

"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."

"If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost."

"He who conquers his inner doubts has already won half the war — an essential principle for the reflective life."