Thank God the economy is not as bad as you read in the newspaper every day.

Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are.

Quite frankly, I think nothing could do more to immediately bolster national security then enabling us to produce more oil and gas here at home at a price consumers could afford.

I love Texas because Texas is future-oriented, because Texans think anything is possible. Texans think big

We're going to keep building the party until we're hunting Democrats with dogs.

I'm carrying so much pork, I'm beginning to get trichinosis.

Half the world does not know the joy of wearing cotton underwear.

Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there.

We're the only nation in the world where most of our poor people are fat.

I own more shotguns than I need. But less shotguns than I want.

There's one form of bigotry that is still acceptable in America - that's the bigotry against the successful.

I'm not an insomniac. It's just that my mind is in the best position to catch the weight of all hovering possibilities the moment I lie down.

Writing is easy. Writing a publishable book is hard.

Life is something that happens to you while you're making other plans.

I will never leave China, unless I am forced to. Because China is mine. I will not leave something that belongs to me in the hands of people I do not trust.

I'm going to be pulling my pants up all day, and I'm just going to have a terrible day. Because if your clothes don't fit, just like bras or anything, it's not a good day.

Give young people a greater voice. They are the future and they are much wiser than we give them credit for.

Neither the passions not justice nor politics nor the great social forces ever consider the victims they strike.

Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want.

Where some states possess an army, the Prussian Army possesses a state.

It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime, what better place than here? What better time than now?