I am proud to be a conservative ... but I am also proud throughout my life to have attracted the support and the love and affection of people from all over America and all parts of it.

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility

Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.

Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.

Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.

The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them.

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.

There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.

Life can be a strange yet wonderful experience to live, if only you learn to enjoy it more.

The best experiences can't be forced and they come when you least expect it. You don't find misadventure, it finds you.

Just having someone there. The right person that you can honestly say you love, and love's you in return is a blessing.

When I first met him, he did not care if a friend did not fit into his world, because at that time his world had not been born yet.

Don't ever think that somebody isn't important or not good enough, because you never know which way the road will take you.

One can never change the past, only the hold it has on you, and while nothing in your life is reversible, you can reverse it nevertheless.

Forgiveness, dialogue, reconciliation - these are the words of peace, in beloved Syria, in the Middle East, in all the world.

What interferes with this peaceful feeling is our expectation of reciprocity.

That girl can barely spell her name.