John F. Kennedy asked us what we could do for America. This Democratic Party asks what can government give you. Don't worry about paying the bill, it's on your kids and grandkids.

Wearing a Democratic label no longer matches what I know about my country and its possibilities.

This time, instead of moving oceans and healing planets, let's get our bills in order and pay down the debt so we control our own future.

You talk about the values that you have whether they're in favor or not in favor. That's how you lead. The reality is, we're losing more and more elections.

I think the most overused words in our vocabulary in the South are black and white.

Sometimes running for Congress is a four-year strategy in terms of getting out there and building a network.

The repeal of racist language in the Constitution of Alabama was and still is a necessary step in the state's ability to progress.

Ask yourself if these Democrats still speak for you. When they say we have a duty to grow government even when we can't afford it, does it sound like compassion to you - or recklessness?

I know 100 percent what it's like to have people tell you that you can't hold an office because of your color, and to have people vote based on that belief.

Now, America is a land of second chances, and I gather you have room for the estimated 6 million of us who know we got it wrong in 2008 and who want to fix it.

The Democrats' ads convince me that Governor Romney can't sing, but his record convinces me he knows how to lead, and I think you know which skill we need more.

If there was no such thing as a mirror in this world, then seeing our face ‘exactly’ would be considered a huge wonder.

If we don't place the straitjacket of gender roles on young children, we give them space to reach their full potential.

Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.

I watched every single Bond movie three or four times, taking in everything I could about how the character had been portrayed in the past, then threw all that away once I started doing the role.

Find her, blind her, see who designed her. Act like a dummy until you grind her.

So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, "really hot."

It was time to move on, to dance with life again.

There are times for making war and times for making peace.

What is important in your life is what you decide is important -- and this decision will indelibly create who you are

The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.