I see myself as more of a policy maker than a political leader.

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.

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

I shall speak of love...and of hate.It is truly a marvel, but I tell you, hatred and love may live cramped together, crouching in the same heart.

You know the Prince song where the girl's phone rings but she tells him, "whoever's calling couldn't be as cute as you?" I long to live out this moment in real life.

The Lord only praises the person who multiplies what has been given to him.

Keep up appearances whatever you do.

Stories of a mythical angel paradise called an Angelopolis are like Peter Pan's Never Never Land.

Are you outside or inside the work­? You don't really know.

My job is to create myself a career that I can go to sleep satisfied with what Im doing.

There are really exercises in a kind of consumerist ethic that I think don't have the same moral weight as medicine or health.

In the end, everything came down to money. It came down to what a person actually did, as opposed to who they thought they were.