I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.

I'm against an income tax because all the rich people hire lawyers and accountants to be sure that they don't pay income tax.

We're living in a whole new social and economic order with a whole new set of problems and challenges. Old assumptions and old programs don't work in this new society and the more we try to stretch them to make them fit, the more we will be seen as running away from what is reality.

I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.

I feel very strongly that change is good because it stirs up the system.

I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know.

If you can't fill the till, then don't pass the bill.