"Thoughts come through people, not from them."

"There is no accountability in the public school system - except for coaches. You know what happens to a losing coach. You fire him. A losing teacher can go on losing for 30 years and then go to glory."

"You cultivate the essential virtues: high purpose, intelligence, decency, humility, fear of the Lord, and the passion for freedom."

"Religion is a man using a divining rod. Philosophy is a man using a pick and shovel."

"Nothing's ever really changed. What difference does it make whether it's the Corporate state or the Nation state? In our struggle for freedom we still find ourselves fighting the state."

"The power of the mind is an incredible thing, one that can never be underestimated."

"Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else's body."

"The entire population of the world-with one minor exception-is composed of other people."

"We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - gunpowder and romantic love."

"The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue."

"We cannot deny the facts of nature, but we should certainly try to improve on them."

"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."