I was warmly embraced by the Tea Party. They openly seek more minorities.

South Carolina is a great place to be from.

We need the private sector to create jobs. If the government could create jobs Communism would have worked, but it didn't.

My three P's would be pray, pray first. Second, prepare, and then persist.

I think the nation as a whole has a role in making sure that each individual, each citizen maximizes one's potential.

Ensuring fairness in the American workplace should be a cornerstone of our economic policy.

Just it's as close to magic as you can get in America, education.

The fact of the matter is that hope comes from many sources. I think depending on the federal government to be some sort of a savior is false hope.

We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government.

I have campaigned all over the state of South Carolina. It is the friendliest state in the country. And truly here people judge you by the content of your character not the color of your skin.

I think about my grandfather who's 89 years old, and the last thing he needs is more money out of his pocket.

Oftentimes winning can become an addiction, whether good or bad, to the point where you would rather lose it all before you lose at all.

To avoid the fall often means living a less-than life.

I was the first boy in the Kennedy family to graduate from college.

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

We are made of stardust, our whole body consists of material that has been here before the beginning of time.

I consider a day without running a crappy day. When I don't get to run, I am a grump, but some days my schedule just doesn't allow me to.

When I paint I do a different thing than when I design. But both involve aesthetics, both involve thought, both involve planning.

Doing the difficult things that you've never done awakens the talents you never knew you had.

Without a vision the people perish.

Making it look easy is the hardest thing in the world to do.