[Trade] was clearly a factor.That was a complete reversal of where things are normally at. Usually Republicans are all for free trade.

The use of methamphetamines has become pervasive in our country, and especially in rural areas.

I am personally saddened and stunned by the tragic events that took place in Red Lake.

The [Democratic] party's become an urban party, and they don't get rural America. They don't get agriculture.

I think we are starting to get some information that will allow us to get to the bottom of this, and I hope we continue to work on this until we get to the bottom of it.

I fought NAFTA when it passed; it has been a big disaster for us, in my opinion. If we can renegotiate that, it would be wonderful.

The New York Federal Reserve is a tool of the big banks.

The banks run the place.

There's no question that [Donald] Trump got elected because of rural America. And our party still is in denial. They don't get it.

It appears to me that no one has learned a thing; that Wall Street is still operating as if 2008 never happened.

[Rural voters] have a different view of the world than people do in these urban centers.

When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.

I think marriage is only necessary if you've got children. It's quite nice for them.

If you have any interests you can gain a wider audience for those interests while the goldfish bowl is yours!

Work is a great thing. This is something my father taught me. He didn't want me to grow up to be somebody's wife.

I'm a little nuts. I'm a lot nuts. All I know is that in the midst of the madness of this world it's my therapy. The music touches my heartstrings.

Being sued by your own record company, that's even better than receiving a Grammy

The bishops will govern the Church, the priests will do all the work and the deacons will have all the fun.

Chekhov is this poet of melancholy and isolation and of wishing you were somewhere else than where you are.

Cause if you’re happy in your head, then solitude is blessed, and alone is okay.

Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.