I don't consult polls to tell me what my principles are or what our policies should be.

Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery, we need solutions.

We don’t want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency...

Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity.

A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens.

Mr. Vice President, I know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground, but I think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other.

If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give me Ayn Rand.

And to this day, my Mom is my role model.

Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together.

We will not spend four years blaming others, we will take responsibility.

We need to stop spending money we don't have.

I don't know if you've ever been covered head to toe in prickle bush, but let me tell you, it's not a pleasant experience, as I'm sure you can imagine.

Everybody that is born on the surface of this earth, is wealthy. That wealth is the wealth of time.

More grievous than tears is the sight of them.

Something is wrong with America. I wonder sometimes what people are thinking about or if they're thinking at all.

Sharing money is what gives it its value.

Once I grew from 6'1' to about 6'6', by that time I was going into 12th grade, and that's when I started wanting to play basketball, because, pretty much basketball players always got the girl.

Meditation makes the man Divine and brings the Divine to the world of man.

Most of the pack would rather have Darryl mad at them than Auriele.

The miracle of Jesus is himself, not what he said or did about the future. Forget the future. I'd worship someone who could do that.

And like my dad always said, the first step is always the hardest.