Healthcare costs are rising due to Obamacare.

I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm, so when I come to Washington, I'll know how to cut pork.

I do have reason to believe there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

I have a beautiful little Smith & Wesson, 9 millimeter, and it goes with me virtually everywhere.

You just need the freedom to dream big and a whole lot of hard work.

You don't need to come from wealth or privilege to make a difference.

What's right for New York or California, is not necessarily right for Iowa.

In the U.S. Senate, in the short term we need to reduce the tax burden on hard working individuals, families, and small businesses.

I worked the morning biscuit line at Hardee's.

In the Iowa senate, I helped pass the largest tax cut in state history - returning over four billion dollars in savings and putting more money back in the pockets of hard-working Iowa families.

As a soldier and combat veteran, I believe American military forces should only be used in the defense and furtherance of our nation's vital interests.

Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict - alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

Who taught you all this, doctor?" The reply came promptly: "Suffering.

My husband keeps me really honest.

People make mistakes and I'm certainly not saying you [Bernie Sanders] did it for any kind of financial advantage.

Don't know much, but I know I love you.

Some of the greatest chefs in the world aren't classically trained. Thomas Keller - probably the greatest American chef ever to walk the earth - never went to culinary school. You know?

We are in a social and political context in which the norm is to punish poor folks of color rather than to educate and empower them with economic opportunity.

The center of human nature is rooted in ten thousand ordinary acts of kindness that define our days.

Falling in love as we know it is an addictive experience.