When we do go to combat, it should be with a defined mission and a plan for withdrawal.

I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm, so when I come to Washington, I'll know how to cut pork.

I do have reason to believe there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

I have a beautiful little Smith & Wesson, 9 millimeter, and it goes with me virtually everywhere.

You just need the freedom to dream big and a whole lot of hard work.

You don't need to come from wealth or privilege to make a difference.

What's right for New York or California, is not necessarily right for Iowa.

In the U.S. Senate, in the short term we need to reduce the tax burden on hard working individuals, families, and small businesses.

I worked the morning biscuit line at Hardee's.

In the Iowa senate, I helped pass the largest tax cut in state history - returning over four billion dollars in savings and putting more money back in the pockets of hard-working Iowa families.

As a soldier and combat veteran, I believe American military forces should only be used in the defense and furtherance of our nation's vital interests.

Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women's history

Earth’s troubles fade in the light of heaven’s hope.

Every man in it is a great man an orator a critic a statesman and therefore every man upon every question must show his oratory his criticism and his political abilities.

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.

Rules or no rules, pitchers are going to throw spitters. It's a matter of survival.

As long as you have a window, life is exciting.

I have ten marathons under my belt, including four New York races and one Boston.

Until you have hunted men, you haven’t hunted yet.

The great thing about the United States is our ability to absorb foreign people and make them a part of us.

We should desire neither the immortality nor the death of any human being, whoever he may be, with whom we have to do.