America is the story of everyday people who did extraordinary things. A story woven deep into the fabric of our society.

Our national motto is 'In God we Trust,' reminding us that faith in our Creator is the most important American value of all.

If you elect me president, we will have a president that believes America is the greatest country in the world and we will have a president that acts like it.

We must change the decisions we are making by changing the people who are making them.

We're special because dreams that are impossible anywhere else, come true here. That's not just my story. That's your story. That's our story.

Our problem with President Obama isn't that he's a bad person. By all accounts, he too is a good husband, and a good father - and thanks to lots of practice, a pretty good golfer.

We need American foreign policy that tells the world very clearly that it is bad to be our enemy and good to be our friend.

Americans chose a limited government that exists to protect our rights, not to grant them.

Do not be afraid to offer ideas that draw opposition. Remember, if no one is against your idea, then your idea probably doesn't do anything.

How is Hillary Clinton going to lecture me about living paycheck to paycheck? I was raised paycheck to paycheck.

To tackle the big and relevant issues of the day with bold and innovative ideas is without question the most rewarding way to serve.

Relationships unlock certain parts of who we are supposed to be.

Forgiveness is the subjective and fertile ground the acorn falls upon when gifted to ourselves and others.

Never let the thoughts of self-unworthiness re-arrange your prepared passion for failure. You can do it even if others say you can't. But you cannot do it if you tell yourself you can't.

Holy men tell us life is a mystery.They embrace that concept happily.But some mysteries bite and barkand come to get you in the dark.

Solitude is our greatest teacher

Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

There are worse things than a lie... I have found... that it may be well to choose one sin in order that another may be shunned.

Nothing lasts forever on this earth. But whatever's good comes back every once in a while if you let it.

I'm a frotteur, someone who likes to rub words in his hand, to turn them around and feel them, to wonder if that really is the best word possible.

Somehow we are going to have to develop a concept of enough for those at the top and at the bottom so that the necessities of the many are not sacrificed for the luxuries of the few.