In the department of homeland security and each agency that's there there's a morale problem. It's a different morale problem in each one.

But we need to quit taxing people upon death. No taxation without respiration.

In Iowa, we take care of people. That's all I think I need to say.

We should recognize that on the day that we are born, our glass is half full. In America your chance to fill your glass the rest of the way up is greater than it is anyplace else on this planet.

Even though me and Paul Ryan disagree on a whole lot of things, when he stood up and confronted those ugly words that [Donald] Trump said, I was proud of him.

There's one way of looking at the Trump phenomenon that he's essentially a Doofus or he is an opportunist.

I'd like to say is that I am a patriotic, loyal American. I love my country and the values that it stands for. And I am a Muslim.

That's the key: get the constitution in place. Get rule of law in place, capital will come, electricity will follow.

I've assimilated the hit. I've passed along most of what I can and now I'm prepared to live with it. But in my opinion, prices will come down.

We shouldn't turn the safety net into a hammock. It should actually be a safety net.

All Americans have a sacred duty to guarantee Social Security benefits to our nation's senior citizens

Don't be afraid of silly ideas.

In general, silence often reflects ambiguity on the part of the listener as the observer wishes to understand the other's experience.

When you keep seeking to improve, you will never get bored with your craft.

Excellence prospers in the absence of excuses.

The best way to bury your pain is to help others, and to lose yourself in that.

In fairy tales, the children are saved by caring adults. We need more caring adults in the lives of our children.

I like to point out that people very often confuse the idea that truth is subjective with the fact that truth is perishable.

Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what you are and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not; and to believe in your own individuality.

I will not let somebody who traffics in bigotry and bullying become president of the United States.

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.