“I’m not someone who’s sort of still trying to figure out what I believe in.”

America’s not the world’s policeman. Terrible things happen across the globe and it is beyond our means to right every wrong. But when, with modest effort and risk, we can stop children from being gassed to death and thereby make our own children safer over the long run, I believe we should act.

The Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen’s behavior, it was written to restrain the government’s behavior.

Let me be clear: I support the Civil Rights Act because I overwhelmingly agree with the intent of the legislation, which was to stop discrimination in the public sphere and halt the abhorrent practice of segregation and Jim Crow laws.

I never, ever cheated [in medical school]. I don’t condone cheating. But I would sometimes spread misinformation. This is a great tactic. Misinformation can be very important.

All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.

No Republican questions or disputes civil rights. I have never wavered in my support for civil rights or the civil rights act.

It is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them.

For liberty to expand, government must shrink. For the economy to grow, government must get out of the way.

We shouldn’t be fearful of freedom, we shouldn’t be fearful of individual liberty.

I don’t plan on being bashful.

I’m not in favor of any discrimination of any form.

Fear & complacency allow power to accumulate & liberty & privacy to suffer.

I call myself a constitutional conservative.

We will not cut one penny from the safety net until we’ve cut every penny from corporate welfare.

We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.

The fundamental reason why Medicare is failing is why the Soviet Union failed – socialism doesn’t work.

A lot of people have the ambition, but they never ask themselves, Do I really believe I can do this?

It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime.

I still believe I have a part to play for England.

I don’t have any secret sauce and I’m no smarter than anyone else. I will say I have surrounded myself with unbelievable talent that has made my job easier.

Yet I also believe that when you do unto others, blessings come to you as well. So if you don’t have a friend, be a friend. If you are having a bad day, make someone else’s day. If your feelings are hurt, heal those of another.

Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.

I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can’t stop.

If I believe that I am right, I will take it to the end of the earth until I am proven right.