"Obama is trying to paint us as a caricature, as if we're some bizarre individualists who are hardcore libertarians. It's a false dichotomy and intellectually lazy. Of course we believe in government. We think government should do what it does really well, but that it has limits."

"To love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"It is a profound truth that breathe deeply, anchor your attention in this breath, and let the storm pass."

"Nature teaches us a valuable lesson: a single spark of imagination can ignite the world."

"Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage."

"Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come."

"The art of government is the organisation of idolatry."

"Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity, it must be respectable - even to observe neutrality, you must have a strong government."