PACs corrupt the system. They handle vast amounts of money and the money corrupts.

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 thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

Every day I'm learning something new from the practice. It's very rewarding.

It is stupid to grieve for the loss of a girl friend: you might never have met her, so you can do without her.

Sometimes sorrow, sometimes joy. But beneath it all remember the innate perfection of your life unfolding. That is the secret of unreasonable happiness.

I would like to make it so that education was a right, and not a privilege.

Lights get low and that's when I have my brightest ideas.

We live through sound and light—through our technologies.

A lot of people wanted me to play college football, but I wanted to get started playing pro baseball.

I was born poor, I have lived poor, I wish to die poor.

Every church needs to grow warmer through fellowship, deeper through discipleship, stronger through through worship, and larger through evangelism.