Politics has become a blood sport that goes beyond just the person whose name is on the ballot.

Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery, we need solutions.

We don’t want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency...

Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity.

A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens.

Mr. Vice President, I know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground, but I think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other.

If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give me Ayn Rand.

And to this day, my Mom is my role model.

Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together.

We will not spend four years blaming others, we will take responsibility.

We need to stop spending money we don't have.

A good writer is a magician

Of all the problems and complications in my life, I had not expected love to be one of them.

It is most oppressive to be an aunt.

That is now my mission: to provide a European vision of growth, employment, prosperity - in one word, our future.

Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.

I believe in conversion of mankind, not its destruction.

In spiritual matters we remain beginners.

Character cannot be made except by a steady, long-continued process.

I would live in a communist country providing I was the Queen.

Heal me, oh Lord, I will be healed. Save me, oh Lord, I will be saved. Bless me, oh Lord, I will be blessed. Free me, oh Lord, I will be free