I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans.

Foreign aid goes from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.

I've heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.

No Republican questions or disputes civil rights. I have never wavered in my support for civil rights or the civil rights act.

We will not cut one penny from the safety net until we've cut every penny from corporate welfare.

You know, you look at term limits, you poll term limits, 70, 80 percent of Republicans or Democrats are for it.

My great grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American Dream.

I don't want to live in a nanny state where people are telling me where I can go and what I can do.

If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.

I am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.

For liberty to expand, government must shrink. For the economy to grow, government must get out of the way.

Toxic relationships are like a good pasta that has been overcooked.

God I have been - God I am. But quite frankly, sometimes it is all just a little too much for one small cat.

God is a comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh.

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.

I can't see my reflection in the waters, I can't speak the sounds that show no pain. I can't hear the echo of my footsteps, or can't remember the sound of my own name.

Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and jazz in the home all the time.

Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security.

Embryonic stem cell research wears no political stripes - it is embraced by conservatives, liberals, Democrats, Republicans, and Independents.

I'm not great at fear. I made the least frightening vampire show ever on TV. I'm pretty much good at heroic narratives and making people laugh, and that's pretty much it.

Boats in the harbor are safe but that is not what they are meant for.