Tom Mcclintock Quotes

#1. The right is absolute ... government has no authority to forbid me from owning a firearm ... the debate is not about guns. It is about freedom.

Tom McClintock

#2. We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.

Thomas Merton

#3. Free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado.

Tom McClintock

#4. Warren life doesn't make for secrecy.

Richard Adams

#5. When you finally come out, there's a pain that stops, and you know it will never hurt like that again, no matter how much you lose or how bad you die.

Paul Monette

#6. However, Americans have created a system in which wealth is created with hard work, innovation, talent and enterprise. People who display these qualities move up in life.

Chetan Bhagat

#7. A financial panic is a very bad thing, but a government panic can do far greater damage in a far shorter time.

Tom McClintock

#8. I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.

Francesca Annis

#9. It comes down to a choice between the Little Sisters and Big Brother, and I'm going with the Sisters.

Jeb Bush

#10. Well first of all, for a criminal practice there has to be a gun. It's pretty simple.

Tom McClintock

#11. Maybe it is not the 'mad' people who should be fixed in order to function in our society, but our society that needs to be fixed so that we do not interfere with their function.

Merlyn Gabriel Miller

#12. Experience should warn us that tough and unpopular decisions are only made under intense political pressure produced by urgent necessity.

Tom McClintock

#13. If we repealed all the laws of the world marriage would still exist.

Tom McClintock

#14. Let us never tire, therefore, of seeking the Lord - of letting ourselves be sought by him - of tending over our relationship with him in silence and prayerful listening. Let us keep our gaze fixed on him, the center of time and history; let us make room for his presence within us.

Pope Francis

#15. I know there's a great deal that Arnold Schwarzenegger could teach me about making movies. There's a great deal I could teach him about the fiscal reforms that are needed - desperately needed - to set California back in good order.

Tom McClintock