Occupation: Former U.S. Representative Birth: August 20, 1935
[Political] conventions lend themselves to pandering, as few politicians can resist the temptation to tell a national television audience how well th….
If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not so militant. Personal liberty is the purpose of go….
There's a a right to privacy for all individuals and all who have legal rights - and that includes the unborn. As an obstetrician, if I cause any har….
Everyone assumes America must play the leading role in crafting some settlement or compromise between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But Jefferso….
I think it's a theory... the theory of evolution and I don't accept it as a theory..
If people are smokers, don't they have to pay more? Sometimes, you get your insurance cheaper if you are a nonsmoker. So, let the markets sort this o….
I'm not sure what Al Gore did for peace. I don't think he have been high on my list for the Nobel Peace Prize..
There should essentially be no limits to the voluntary definition of marriage..
It’s not part of our Constitution to assume that we are the world’s policemen..
It’s amazing that people don’t understand that the more the market is involved and the smaller the government, the lower the price, the better the di….
The sad thing is, our foreign policy WILL change eventually, as Rome's did, when all budgetary and monetary tricks to fund it are exhausted..
Scientifically, there's no debate over whether the fetus is alive and human..
Libertarians are incapable of being a racist, because racism is a collectivist idea..
If Iran invaded Israel, it's up to Congress to declare war..
It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking..
I am absolutely opposed to a national ID card. This is a total contradiction of what a free society is all about. The purpose of government is to pro….
If you give up on your principles I don’t think that’s being pragmatic... Doing the wrong thing, even partially, isn’t being practical...if you have ….
Do they think if we destroy our freedoms for the terrorists they will no longer have a reason to attack us?.
From the Great Depression, to the stagflation of the seventies, to the current economic crisis caused by the housing bubble, every economic downturn ….
If economy were good, there'd be no immigration problem..
Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it’s realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy..