Let's lower our tax rates on our businesses so that we're on par with the rest of the world so that we don't keep losing our businesses.

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 only way you will ever permanently take control of your financial life is to dig deep and fix the root problem.

It's the student who makes the teacher, not the other way around.

I never worry that all hell will break loose. My concern is that only part of hell will break loose and be much harder to detect.

One of the great challenges is to know when things are not right.

The thing is, it has to do with heart - we have to understand what hearts are for before we can get back to heaven or paradise or the power in our minds.

The stripping away of illusion and the struggle to find personal reality can be likened to the peeling of an apple. As one peels away the layers of unreality. . . eventually only the core remains.

Jesus is never upset at sinners; he is only upset with people who do not think they are sinners.

Labels are boring and often have nothing to with the person; it is just the way others perceive you, or choose to perceive you.

When the subject is strong, simplicity is the only way to treat it.

When married people don't get on they can separate, but if they're not married it's impossible. It's a tie that only death can sever.