We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government.

South Carolina is a great place to be from.

We need the private sector to create jobs. If the government could create jobs Communism would have worked, but it didn't.

My three P's would be pray, pray first. Second, prepare, and then persist.

I think the nation as a whole has a role in making sure that each individual, each citizen maximizes one's potential.

Ensuring fairness in the American workplace should be a cornerstone of our economic policy.

Just it's as close to magic as you can get in America, education.

The fact of the matter is that hope comes from many sources. I think depending on the federal government to be some sort of a savior is false hope.

I have campaigned all over the state of South Carolina. It is the friendliest state in the country. And truly here people judge you by the content of your character not the color of your skin.

I think about my grandfather who's 89 years old, and the last thing he needs is more money out of his pocket.

The future of the Republican Party and the future of America is based on a values system and the issues that drive those values are on our side.

History has a way of chasing gravity just like water, feeding into other parts of itself to become something else, something larger and grander, until the one pure thing it was no longer exists.

If you can't climb a tree, shake it, and its fruit will fall.

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

If your screen is wrong, your correctives are wrong

By no means run in debt: take thine own measure, Who cannot live on twenty pound a year, Cannot on forty.

All life stinks and you must embrace that with compassion.

It's a drought in your brain.

Ive always enjoyed the teen angst thing. I had a lot of teen angst as I was growing up, so I think I have a lot to say about it through characters before I have to move on.

You can either take action, or you can hang back and hope for a miracle. Miracles are great, but they are so unpredictable.

Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic