“ I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.' ”

“ I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations. ”

“ John D. Rockefeller wanted to dominate oil, but Microsoft wants it all, you name it: cable, media, banking, car dealerships. ”

“ The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. ”

“ I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. ”

“ President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people. ”

“ For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull. ”

“ Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you. ”

“ The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse. ”

“ A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done. ”