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

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.

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

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.

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.

Your story should inspire others. Your journey should inspire you.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.

The stubbornly doubter always wants to be heardby listens to nothing and misconstrues everything.

I love my fans so much! I know I say it all the time, but I really appreciate all the things they have done for me.

Anybody, at any time, may equally find himself victim or executioner.

Life is a glorious banquet, a limitless and delicious buffet.

Tried to put shame in my game to make a name, I'mma put it on a bullet...put it in your brain.

All this talk about atheistic materialism and God-fearing American I think is beside the point; it's a rather vapid form of religion.

The true mystic is always both humble and compassionate, for she knows that she does not know.

I symbolized doping... My phone rarely rings. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of riders who call me.