"Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family."

"It is easier to take a position in the abstract than when it hits home."

"Opponents of capital punishment argue that the state has no right to take a murderer's life. Apparently, one fact that abolitionists forget or overlook is that the state is acting not only on behalf of society, but also on behalf of the murdered person and the murdered person's family."

"The Left is doing to America what it has done to almost everything it has deeply influenced - the arts, the university, religion, culture, minorities, Europe: ruining it."

"There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing."

"Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve."

"What I'd say about that is that we must respect homosexuals in the church. I've got many homosexual friends, the issue is not in any way a homophobic reaction on my part."

"You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you're dealing with."