We have an epidemic of fatherlessness here, and that's what I agree with the president [Barack Obama] on, and we should be doing more to promote and protect marriage as between a man and a women for the needs of our children.

Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the author.

We are not at war with Islam. We are at war with people who have perverted Islam.

You will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime.

I think that people are concerned about the breakdown of the family but they also don't want to see discrimination against gays and lesbians who they work with and they want to be able to make sure that gays can visit each other in hospitals and be able to inherit property.

My hope is that's something [Donald Trump] is thinking about, because not only is the president of the United States somebody that the entire country looks to for direction but sets the agenda internationally in a lot of ways.

There's no reason why Americans should die when Afghans are perfectly capable of defending their own country.