It is not really our country so much is the problem, it's sort of the parasitic relationship that Canada, and France, and other countries have towards us.

My dad just imprinted in my mind from a very young age that you always do what you say you're gonna do when you say you're gonna do it.

I didn't go to Harvard or Princeton, but I can count - the defunding box canyon is a tactic that will fail and weaken our position.

We need to make sure we have secure borders.

I'm a lawmaker, but I really don't like laws.

Not every problem is solvable, okay.

I want to see the economy rebound.

I saved $8,000 and created a construction company when I was 25.

If it took multiple debt ceiling hikes, I'd rather achieve the savings.

I started working when I was 13, picking up trash, bagging ice.

I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office.

Owning a book is a third of the goal. The others are actually reading it and applying it.

Nothing wrong with a little optimism, long as it doesn’t set policy....

It is the dirt within men’s hearts that is most offensive

As the tides of life rise and fall, life is constant, like the waves crashing upon the shore. Persistence is the key in high and low times…

Nullification means insurrection and war and the other states have a right to put it down.

Thy lot or portion of life is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from seeking after it.

I drive a V10 Ford Excursion and I have to tell folks all the time: look I've got five kids and a dog and birds. I would have to have two Lincolns with two V8s, you see, so it would be 16 cylinders.

The goal of life is not to possess power but to radiate it.

Al was cruel, vindictive, angry, elegant, powerful. He gave me strength, he gave me wisdom, not only about magic, but about myself. He was a lot like Trent, only harsher around the edges.

Perfumed and gallant words make our ears belch.