We find ourselves in what I consider to be the most challenging, difficult, threatening time since World War II because of this War on Terror.

In the myopic world of the liberals, guns are responsible for evil instead of the perpetrator of evil. But criminals are not bound by our laws. That's what makes them criminals.

The foundation for future prosperity is built on the bedrock of good jobs and great schools. We are building a strong foundation one job at a time and one educated Texan at a time.

Running for the presidency's not an IQ test.

I may have the genetic coding that Im inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same way.

I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses.

Every life is precious.

Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil that we don't have to buy from a foreign source.

Dark economic clouds are dissipating into an emerging blue sky of opportunity.

Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.

America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.

At this point, I realize: He is making a monster of me.

Know who you are and be who you are insofar as it is deem fit, for there is nothing so contemptuous to be who you are!

To bind one free man with love is better than to release a thousand slaves.

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels.

My report card always said, 'Jim finishes first and then disrupts the other students'.

Happiness is a vine that takes root and grows within the heart, never outside it.

Being a rock star was out of the question. I can't sing.

I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty.

No man fails who does his best.

Leadership is like parenting.