If we don't change the way Washington operates we're going to bankrupt our children and grandchildren.

Ive never supported a payroll tax.

I've never supported a wage tax and I've never supported a payroll tax.

We need a human presence at the border and a humane presence at the border.

I support secure borders both north and south and I support a guest worker program for those here today illegally. Labor and skilled workers are critical to our Texas economy.

If you like Texas and you like our economy, I helped create all that and all those jobs and you will love it when David Dewhurst goes to Washington.

To lose someone after you’ve loved them was tougher than losing them when you’ve never even met them.

There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge

One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

When we will think deeply, then we will realize that enjoyment is short lasting and reality of it is suffering.

While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the small man cherishes generous treatment.

The chief practical use of history is to deliver us from plausible historical analogies.

We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.

Young people are the same as they always were. They are just as ignorant.

I had the most magical childhood, running free and going anywhere I wanted to in my head.

I will but confess the sins of my green cloak to my grey friar's frock, and all shall be well again.