The executive branch has grown too strong, the judicial branch too arrogant and the legislative branch too stupid.

I don't like government, it's just that simple.

I sometimes lie awake at night trying to think of something funny that Richard Nixon said.

He and Reagan were not at all alike, because Reagan is an optimist and Dick Nixon wasn't. Yet in some ways they were alike. Neither really liked to talk on the telephone, for instance. And, in a lot of respects, both of them were very much loners.

One of the things that bothers me most is the growing belief in the country that security is more important than freedom. It ain't.

The best thing going for us is Al Gore. I cannot conceive how the American people could elect him. On the other hand, I couldn't conceive how they could elect a Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton - especially Clinton in '96.

Several things about Reagan are unusual in a public man. He was not a typical politician at all, but a private man in public life.

A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote.

Most politicians - those people who live, eat and breathe politics - like to sit around and talk about politics and tell political war stories. Reagan didn't do that. His war stories were movie war stories and Hollywood war stories. He loved that.

These things I believe: that government should butt out.

The executive branch has grown too strong, the judicial branch too arrogant and the legislative branch too stupid.

That foreign trade should be fair rather than free.

Government should work to insure the rights of the individual, not plot to take them away.

I cannot show remorse because I do not believe I am guilty.

That guns do more than protect us from criminals; more importantly, they protect us from the ongoing threat of government.

Freedom is our most precious commodity and if we are not eternally vigilant, government will take it all away. Individual freedom demands individual responsibility.

I'm not a social friend of the Reagans. That's by their choice and by mine. They don't drink enough.

The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country.

That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.

I think the American people have become more reliant upon government and less reliant upon themselves and that they now tend to put security ahead of freedom, but I think freedom is the most important aspect of our lives.

The tree of liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

I've signed many documents as president and CEO as required by law. I signed every single document that we were required to file - every single one of them.

Anybody who is imitating somebody else no matter who it us is heading in the wrong direction. It is impossible to become like somebody else. Your only hope is to become more fully yourself.

If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.

For too many women pregnancy is just the start of loneliness and abuse. It is a cruel reality.

A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom and custom supersedes all other forms of law.

It's interesting that so many books now are published as the first in a series. It never occurred to me. Although 'The Giver' does have an ambiguous ending. I've heard about that from readers over the years.

The future, like everything else, is not what it used to be.

There are many drugs that have many serious side effects and that are harmful to people. Marijuana is no different than that. And especially we should try to discourage young people from using marijuana.

I always felt like, one of the niches is if you can recruit the SEC, you can be a head coach in the SEC.

We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago.

My job is to listen and to ask questions and to be respectful and win the trust of my subjects so that I can work my way into their memories and their point of view.

There were so many things of value in the original Mac that it is still recognizable.

We get in the grip of doubt and straightway we turn from the fellowship of those who know the Lord to the fellowship of those who confessedly do not know Him.

Throughout my career, no matter what I've done or what decision I've made, I've made it with my family first. My priority was taking care of my family while I was taking care of business.

I learnt how to make candles when I was a kid. My mom used to make them. Then, when I broke my leg once and couldn't really move around, I started playing around with it... putting the scent inside and dried flowers, and that's it.

It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.

The two favorite episodes of 'Lost' that Adam and I wrote were 'Dave,' which was where Hurley has an imaginary friend, and 'Trisha Tanaka is Dead,' where Hurley finds a van and starts it.

I have a lot of money.

Having a great dream and belief in yourself is great, but nothing happens until you take action.

Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do.

I am careful with my material and presentation.

I always think people who stretch themselves are interesting. That's something to admire, isn't it?

Becoming acquainted with yourself is a price well worth paying for the love that will really address your needs.

Don't be afraid to be awesome. Sometimes being weird and different is good. When you think you're working hard, there is always someone else working harder, so always be yourself and know your stuff.