In many respects, I guess I would say I was into Tea Party before there was a Tea Party.

What I'd like to do is be able to work with Democrats to reform current entitlement programs for future generations, grandfathering all the grandparents.

We should not be borrowing money from the Chinese to bail out the Greeks. What's coming next? Intergalactic bailouts?

Millions of Americans are struggling to pay their mortgages. They have a right to know whether members of Congress receive sweetheart deals in order to pay for theirs.

I'm not pro-business. I'm pro-free enterprise.

The deficit is the symptom, but spending is the disease.

Listen, if the people in my district wanted to live in France, they'd move to France.

I'm one of the top 2 or 3 or 4 most conservative members in the House of Representatives when it comes to economics.

Always remember, your focus determines your reality.

Time to dance with the devil....

It isn't for the moment you are stuck that you need courage but for the long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security.

If you win non-violently, then you have a double victory, you have not only won your fight, but you remain free.

Begin to see yourself in all other beings.

Don't judge your taco by its price

I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years.

Humor prevents a hardening of the attitudes.

Time is the one thing that is given to everyone in equal measure.

There's no such thing as luck. These are blessings. God endows them upon you. He makes you a blessing to become a blessing.