I grew up in a house with no running water, 16 miles from the closest place that had a post office. I had a very parochial view of the world.

In the myopic world of the liberals, guns are responsible for evil instead of the perpetrator of evil. But criminals are not bound by our laws. That's what makes them criminals.

The foundation for future prosperity is built on the bedrock of good jobs and great schools. We are building a strong foundation one job at a time and one educated Texan at a time.

Running for the presidency's not an IQ test.

I may have the genetic coding that Im inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same way.

I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses.

Every life is precious.

Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil that we don't have to buy from a foreign source.

Dark economic clouds are dissipating into an emerging blue sky of opportunity.

Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.

America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.

All great people had critics, but they still believe in beauty of their dreams.

Enjoy a return to goodness produced each day in the tranquil and beneficent breath of the morning.

Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth, but to make them beautifu

For a girl, the wedding is when you're married. For a guy, it's when you get engaged. It takes a real aggressive human being to back out between the ring and the wedding.

Please stop putting quotes from Nietzsche at the end of your emails. Five years ago you were laughing your guts out over American Pie 2. What — suddenly you’ve magically turned into Noam Chomsky?

... If Mr. Kennedy does not like Socialism, we do not like imperialism. We do not like Capitalism.

Turn away from mischief. Again and again, turn away. Before sorrow befalls you.

Let us seize, friends, our opportunity from the day as it passes.

Love is scary: it changes; it can go away. That's the part of the risk. I don't want to be scared anymore.

Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows, Help us to see That without the dust the rainbow Would not be.