No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.

This mad dog of the Middle East.

A bird on a tether, no matter how long the rope, can always be pulled back.

All systems are capitalist. It's just a matter of who owns and controls the capital -- ancient king, dictator, or private individual. We should properly be looking at the contrast between a free market system where individuals have the right to live like kings if they have the ability to earn that right and government control of the market system such as we find today in socialist nations.

I know you receive many letters like this, and I recognize that over time they must come to seem fairly routine, ... Please understand, however, that my years in your service will always be very special to me. The inspiration you have given me will burn brightly in my heart long after I have left the lights of the White House behind.

A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist.