I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule.

If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.

I really do not make deals.

I am opposed to anybody making a decision for you or me or anybody else about what health care plan we should have.

I think it's scandalous that we haven't done more to cure cancer.

I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win.

If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer, we would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive today. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine.