Congress constitutionally lacks general police powers.

The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits to federal power that need to be respected.

I want to be one that is willing to do things that are not easy but that need to be done.

When you have less revenue coming in the door, you have more money going out the door. You have to find ways of trimming.

The trend of offering individualized education plans, curricula, and lessons is going to help students tremendously. “Teaching to the middle” is one of the saddest concepts I've ever heard about.

My political views have since I was a kid someway or another reflected the concerns of Tea Party movement.

When you have a country that's been accustomed to government spending at a certain level, it is really hard to ratchet it back.

Limited government must come politically, not judicially.

I'm nobody's deputy. I am who I am. I'm my own person.

It is simply science fiction fantasy to say that, if you do not raise the debt ceiling, that everything is going to collapse.

I think I was about 30 before I realized that not every family talks about the presentment clause on a regular basis.

The beauty of being is the bliss of blessedness.

Every tomorrow is an outcome of what I do today, and the beauty of it all is that today is happening all the time.

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.

On radio and television, magazines and the movies, you can't tell what you're going to get. When you look at the comic page, you can usually depend on something acceptable by the entire family.

Nearly every grave moral failure begins with a small sin.

I didn't even know what it was when I started. But I was lucky. I found it at 16. Most people don't discover decathlon until they're 21 or 22.

The radio was my big influence. Comedy came from the instinctual feel I had for language.

Our life is a work of art. We must seek always to be its artist.

Global warming causing climate change may be the ultimate issue that unites us all.

I think a bad husband is far worse than no husband.