The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument. - Newt Gingrich

The only explanation I can give myself for spending two hours here is that one or two or three of you will become leaders, as a result of a slightly better understanding of what the term means. The first thing it means is taking risks. Because all of you, if you try to do anything, are going to make mistakes. That shouldn't bother you, because Lyndon Johnson, when he was forty years older than you, made mistakes and destroyed his presidency. Richard Nixon, when he was forty-five years older than you, made mistakes and destroyed his presidency. Jimmy Carter makes mistakes on a daily basis. None of those things should worry you, that's the nature of this business. We're all human and we all goof.

I don’t know if I should say this, but it’s so much fun that I’m going to…Do you really want a two-pirate ticket?

There is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us, is prepared to use violence, to use harassment.