I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country.

We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.

I like PBS. I love Big Bird ... But I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it.

I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia, or Mr. Putin.

I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren.

My wife drives a couple of Cadillacs.

I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.

I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning.

Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what.

I'm not familiar precisely with what I said, but I'll stand by what I said, whatever it was.

A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquility.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

The strongest lesson I can teach my son is the same lesson I teach my daughter: how to be who he wishes to be for himself.

My feet are definitely more grounded than before. And I know that I'm not holding onto a dream. I'm holding onto my life.

Our men and women in uniform deserve the best intelligence possible to help them protect America.

This world can only give me reminders of what I don't have, can never have, didn't have for long enough.

Intellectuals are hindered on the way to being, by their narcissism.

I want my chirfugging goose back!

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts.

It makes a great difference whether Davus or a hero speaks.