We can't legislate the creation of jobs, but we can legislate things that will allow jobs to be created.

The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits to federal power that need to be respected.

I want to be one that is willing to do things that are not easy but that need to be done.

When you have less revenue coming in the door, you have more money going out the door. You have to find ways of trimming.

The trend of offering individualized education plans, curricula, and lessons is going to help students tremendously. “Teaching to the middle” is one of the saddest concepts I've ever heard about.

My political views have since I was a kid someway or another reflected the concerns of Tea Party movement.

When you have a country that's been accustomed to government spending at a certain level, it is really hard to ratchet it back.

Limited government must come politically, not judicially.

I'm nobody's deputy. I am who I am. I'm my own person.

It is simply science fiction fantasy to say that, if you do not raise the debt ceiling, that everything is going to collapse.

Congress constitutionally lacks general police powers.

What you see and what you listen to will determine how high you will go.

We float in language like icebergs – four-fifths under the surface and only one-fifth of us projecting into the open air of immediate, non-linguistic experience.

The vision of your tomorrow that you have today strengthens you for the morrow

When hopeful and hopeless come together, both will learn great things from each other: Hopeful will learn the horror of being hopeless and the hopeless will learn the beauty of being hopeful!

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

Courage is the most important virtue because it is the hardest.

Success depends upon staying power. The reason for failure in most cases is lack of perseverance.

Every form of life is in its origin not natural, but divine and human; for it must spring from love, just as there can be no reason without spirit.

I like being in relationship because of the comfort it provides.

If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well.