I watched Reagan turn around the country by lowering taxes and controlling spending, and I'm applying the same principles.

Education is extremely important to the Hispanic community, as well as faith, and certainly working hard.

Bilingualism opens doors and provides opportunity to our children so they can shine and become successful in a labor market that is increasingly competitive and globalized.

Hardworking Americans are fighting every day to provide for themselves and their families, and leave a more prosperous country for the next generation.

Get government out of our way, and let freedom and the spirit of the American people shine through.

Over 90 percent of parents in Puerto Rico want their children to be totally fluent in English.

When I came into office, I could have kicked the can down the road for a little while, or I could do the right thing.

Some people called me a fascist. That's mostly over, but there will be more attacks from the unions.

It is wrong to believe that Hispanics are Democrats. Hispanics are traditionally and historically conservative, not just socially conservative, but fiscally conservative.

The GOP can't even envision winning the White House if we lose a significant percentage of the Hispanic vote.

We cannot continue to close our eyes to the fact that we have to truly embrace green jobs, new technologies and alternative sources of energy.

Smiles, rainbows and a grain of rice.I could survive on that!

The truth is that most of us are not our best selves.

The rhythm of fraught footsteps and fervent heartbeat orchestrated a symphony of anticipation and dread.

He sat watching what went forward with the quiet outward glance of healthy old age.

Well, I'm not going to be singing about lollipops because I no longer relate to lollipops.

I love the idea of books being more than books, or being, rather, something other than books.

They cripple the bird's wing, and then condemn it for not flying as fast as they.

Concentration is born on the practice court... you must mentally treat your practice sessions as matches, concentrating on every ball you hit.

Sometimes, even by accident, the universe makes beauty, and we can stand back in awe of it. Even better - we can figure out why. Science! I love this stuff.

That first responsibility as a school board member - meals for latch-key children - was absolutely critical in my understanding of the extraordinary problems of poverty.