Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices, tightening our belts.

There is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims: the House majority and their Speaker John Boehner.

America under Barack Obama has become a defensive, reactive and weaker country both at home and abroad.

I can guarantee you this, that more pension and benefit reforms which I will consider arbitration reform to be one of them, are things that when they come to my desk, they will be signed.

You know, something may be going down tonight, but it ain’t going to be jobs, sweetheart!

The greatness of America is in the American people. And what we need to do is get the government the hell out of the way and let the American people win once again.

They believe in teachers unions. We believe in teachers.

You see, Mr. President - real leaders don't follow polls. Real leaders change polls.

Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action to cut state spending and balance the budget this year.

I am who I am, but I am not a bully.

I have a job to do. ... If you think right now I give a damn about presidential politics, then you don't know me.

One advantage of static factory methods is that, unlike constructors, they have names.

More things in politics happen by accident or exhaustion than happen by conspiracy.

I find it hard to imagine how someone listens to my stuff, or views what I do, or me, or anything.

I never liked the men I loved, and never loved the men I liked.

In this world, only winter is certain

But having set myself these goals, I had to work really hard to achieve them.

The face of tyranny Is always mild at first.

Expecting rain, the profile of a day Wears its soul like a hat.

Sadness isn't sadness. It's happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They're balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It's life that's jumped off a tall cliff.

It’s not when you start that makes your success in the world, but when you quit.