I don't need to be looking at every failure of government, I need to be looking where failure of government needs reform.

I've always been fond of the saying that when it comes to oversight and reform, the federal government does two things well: nothing and overreact.

Remember, America's greatness is based on creating wealth like the rest of the world has never known, and then, making sure it's shared throughout a middle class and even the underprivileged.

I don't recall having a gun. I really don't. I don't think I ever pulled a gun on anyone in my life.

In America, we're trying to find a peaceful solution in the Middle East, and we're not going to be divided along any lines.

Peace in Palestine is inevitable. The question is how do we make it happen today.

I've said my patience is not infinite.

Some people say that watching pay freezes in the government is like watching water freeze. It expands.

The American people do not want ambassadorships or any other position handed out to save a party money.

I have an I.Q. of 100 plus a little bit. I have to work real hard to get things when I read.

Bureaucracies tend to grow and to brag about their growth based on how many individuals they have and how much money they spend.

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.

I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.

Getting paid for being laid, guess that's the name of the game.

Everybody whose anybody in hockey has played in Hershey.

I don't lose my temper very often now, and if I do, it's well deserved.

My dear father always said that when everybody had a telephone nobody would have any manners, because there wouldn't be time for them. And of course he was perfectly right.

I will bring you a flower from the floor of the sea to wear in your hair.

One has not only an ability to perceive the world but an ability to alter one's perception of it; more simply, one can change things by the manner in which one looks at them.

I'm often asked, 'Where do you get your ideas?' ...It's like asking, 'Where do you find air to breathe?' Ideas are all around you.

Freedom is best, I tell thee true, of all things to be won. Then never live within the Bond of Slavery.