You can learn a little bit from everybody, so you should be able to work a bit with everybody.

My service solidified my respect for our freedom, and the struggle to preserve it. I know the cost of obtaining freedom, keeping it and the value of it.

You can learn a little bit from everybody, so you should be able to work a bit with everybody.

Every time I would give a talk, someone would say, 'You ought to go into politics.' I prefer to call it government leadership. My life has taken me to places where I have experiences that I think I can share. A lot of times, we see people who are career politicians. I'm not the conventional candidate, nor do I want to be.

I am the first podiatrist to serve in the U.S. Congress.

If at war, understand what it takes to win: Set a goal, define victory and fully support the effort. Leave no doubt that you respect the troops and appreciate their service.

It seems to me that the Iraqis laid down a lot of the arms that we gave to them. So that doesn't seem to be the solution.