"Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else."

"I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief."

"Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business."

"I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people."

"Every summit scaled was once thought insurmountable from the valley below. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"Peace of heart is the greatest luxury life can bestow upon the mortal traveler. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics."

"I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament."