"Generally my attitude to most things is summed up by just leave me alone. I don't want anybody telling me what to do and I think we have far too much of that going on, from poorly conceived constitutional amendments to higher taxes: America doesn't need it."

On Campaigning:
"Ideally, pretty much the main objective is to force people to quit relying on campaigning by saying what sounds nice but doesn't have any substance."

On Being Pro-Choice:
"It is incomprehensible to me that a girl that age [11 to 14] should have to go through that for nine months.

On Civil Unions:
"I have very serious concerns.. .about the Constitution voiding contracts between individuals."

On the Environment:
"We spend a lot of government money cleaning up messes that people have created."
"Why not keep business from polluting to begin with?"
"It's time to rethink nuclear power. With the current petroleum based economy we're relying on Saudi Arabia to run our country."

On Social Security:
"Anybody under the age of 35 doesn't think we'll get anything from Social Security."

On Health Care:
"Having control over your own body and your own health is the most fundamentally important thing I can think of. If the cost of insurance is down, the rate of uninsured will fall with it."

On Insurance Regulation:
"It's obvious that having excess regulation is not good for getting people insurance."