Biography

His first marriage was annulled after 14 years when he says he discovered he was married to his second cousin.

Celebrities Kelsey Grammer, Adam Sandler, Bo Derek, Kevin James, Jon Voight, Joel Surnow, John Elway, Jeff Gordon and Johnny Damon all endorsed his bid for President in 2008.

Was a Democrat until he switched parties in 1975.

Named A&E's "Biography of the Year 2001."

(December 23, 2001) Named Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" for his performance during and after the terrorist attacks on New York City that caused the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

We only see the oppressive side of authority. Maybe it comes out of our history and our background. What we don't see is that freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do and how you do it.

I'm pro-choice. I'm pro-gay rights.

[ on President Obama's foreign policy, 2015 ] I do not believe that the President loves America.

[on Barack Obama, referring to Hilary Clinton's use of a private email server to send and receive classified documents when she was secretary of state] I think he will be one of the worst presidents ever if he pardons her.

[on Donald Trump's 2017 executive order restricting travel to the USA] When he first announced it, he said "Muslim ban". He called me up, he said "Put a commission together, show me the right way to do it legally". I put a commission together with Judge Mukasey, with Congressman McCaul, Pete King, whole group of other very expert lawyers on this. And what we did was, we focused on, instead of religion, danger. The areas of the world that create danger for us. Which is a factual basis, not a religious basis, perfectly legal, perfectly sensible. And that's what the ban is based on.