When government misleads the country about a terrorist attack, that erodes trust.

Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery, we need solutions.

We don’t want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency...

Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity.

A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens.

Mr. Vice President, I know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground, but I think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other.

If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give me Ayn Rand.

And to this day, my Mom is my role model.

Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together.

We will not spend four years blaming others, we will take responsibility.

We need to stop spending money we don't have.

Display your passion, and others will be inspired. Enthusiasm is contagious.

So learn how much you're worth to God. Revel in that information and then walk in it.

Sometimes the darkness finds us, that will always be inevitable. If one chooses to manifest such feelings creatively, then it really isn't darkness at all.

I have no real talents. If I could make a living at a normal job, I'm sure I would do that.

A little allegory of the soul - wherever it hides, God will find it.

Followers are the customers of the Higher Ground Leader, who strives to meet or exceed the outer and inner needs of followers.

You have debased my child....You have made him a laughingstock of intelligence...a stench in the nostrils of the gods of the ionosphere.

There is in art the notion of less is more, which is to say, you don't torture a painting that has already confessed.

We are not a civilized country if we can read in a newspaper what a lady tells her boyfriend or husband.