I do not support a civil war. I don't want to be policeman of the world. But we can't back off of this.

We need to give everybody a chance, treat everybody with respect, and let them share in this great American dream that we have.

I’m concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor - that if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.

We've got to unite our country again, because we're stronger when we are united and we are weaker when we are divided.

Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America.

A leader has a sound program, has a good policy, and then brings people together to solve problems.

If you go into a room of 100-plus people, and you want to be the prince of darkness, you can be it. But I don't operate in the dark, I operate in the light.

Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

I've always been underestimated. It's happened throughout my entire career.

Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.

You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down. Abraham Lincoln said it...

Bring light to the ignorant, but more light to the educated, for the vanity of education makes modern humans more ignorant than the ignorant.

You can get through the storm with your hope in Jesus.

I have rightfully no other business each day but to do God's work as a servant, constantly regarding His pleasure. May I have grace to live above every human motive, simply with God and to God.

You owe me. You roasted my father.

I just hope I can get another personal best. If I can do that, I'll be satisfied.

The stars that have most glory have no rest.

The only thing some people do is get older.

What disturbs people's minds are not events but their judgments on events.

I'm just more comfortable with people who are like me than the people who are not.

I've just always had a boyfriend my whole life, and I've - now I'm really focusing on myself and I think that's more important right now.