I think it is inflationary. I think it actually is counterproductive in many ways. You end up costing jobs from people who are at the bottom rung of the economic ladder.

Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery, we need solutions.

We don’t want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency...

Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity.

A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens.

Mr. Vice President, I know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground, but I think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other.

If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give me Ayn Rand.

And to this day, my Mom is my role model.

Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together.

We will not spend four years blaming others, we will take responsibility.

We need to stop spending money we don't have.

A hidden spark of the dream sleeps In the forest and waits In the celestial spheres of the brain.

...and I wondered, not for the first time, if some of life's tragedy arose when people put themselves in situations they were not by nature suited for.

Life is sacred gift.

Don't judge a book by its cover. Judge it by its publisher.

The thing about a good podcast is you have to have a good host. If you don't have a compelling host then you have nothing.

When God overcomes our difficulties for us, we have the assurance that we are engaged in His work and not our own

There are different kinds of wrong. The people sinned against are not always the best.

Dead kids are put on pedestals, but mentally ill kids get hidden under the rug.

Instead of seeking success we should look for fulfillment. And fulfillment is giving total attention to the process of living.

I don't think there's a thing I own that I will ever get the benefit of except through doing things with it.