The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivial….

A society like ours, which professes no one religion and has allowed all religions to decay, which indulges freedom to the point of license and indiv….

Reagan didn't put anything off the table, if he felt it was for the good of the American people to tweak the tax system..

I have had the rich satisfaction of knowing and working with many openly gay and lesbian Americans, and I have come to realize that "gay" is an artif….

So let us take our fair share of the true refugees and act responsible as a government in providing for their necessary expenses. Let us stop skewing….

Nonetheless, GAO's conclusion that employer sanctions had somehow caused employment discrimination was contradicted by GAO's own Chief of Methodology….

People tend to stay at home and eat a home-cooked meal. There are three days that are really slow for restaurants - Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easte….

Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full educa….

There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and th….

It is a travesty, in my mind, for the state and local governments on the one hand to expect the Federal government to reimburse them for costs attrib….

In your country club, your church, and business, about fifteen percent of the people are screwballs, lightweights, and boobs, and you would not want ….

We have two political parties in this country, the Stupid Party and the Evil Party. I belong to the Stupid Party..

I consider abortion to be a deeply personal and intimate issue for women and I don't believe male legislators should even vote on the issue..

If you torture statistics long enough, they'll eventually confess the truth.

It doesn't matter is you call it 'Obama-care' or 'Elvis Presley care' or 'I-don't-care care.' It cannot sustain itself in its present form..

Every time one of us starts talking about more effective immigration controls, somebody else throws up the Statue of Liberty, how we're a nation of i….

Grandchildren now don't write a thank you for the Christmas presents. They are walking on their pants with their cap on backward, listening to the En….

Those who travel the high road of humility are not troubled by heavy traffic..

An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style..

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters..

I look forward to the day when I can be Republican again. I'm an Alan Simpson Republican..