I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better.

It's time to put our differences aside and find ways to work together to move Wisconsin forward.

We showed that when we say 'Wisconsin is open for business', we mean it.

The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom.

But I don't want massive layoffs of anyone - public or private. We are planning on shrinking government through attrition and reform, not through random pink slips.

I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.

I still remember, as a kid, tying a yellow ribbon around a tree in front of my house during the 444 days that Iran held 52 Americans hostage. Iran is not a place we should be doing business with.

I hate big government, but I really hate a government that doesn't work. So when 'they say we either have to raise taxes or cut core services,' it's actually a 'false choice.

When we win, it will tell every politician in America that if you are bold, if you do the right thing, if you tackle the tough issues, there will be people standing there right with you.

Collective bargaining isn't a right, it is an expensive entitlement. Once and for all, we are giving the taxpayers a voice in this debate. We put the power back in the hands of the people.

I'd like now and into the future to play a bigger role not only in Wisconsin and the Midwest, but nationally. I'd like to have an impact.

Painting is a great outlet for those inner emotions you cannot get out any other way.

We cannot escape our origins, however hard we try, those origins which contain the key -could we but find it- to all we later become

The more the heart is sated with joy the more it becomes insatiable.

[President Obama] made so many promises. We thought that he was going to be -- I shouldn't say this at Christmastime -- but the next messiah.

He who does not answer the questions has passed the test.

Ageing footballers never lose their commitment; they just lose their pace

A lot of things in history change over time.

I realized you can always make money; you just do a lot of things.

I really did not feel okay about any of this, and there was really nothing I could do about any of it.

I think Ian likes you too much