I don't want you folks to do a lot of talking. Just shut up and get out of the way.

You know, there are certain things that make for good sound bites but don't always translate into good policy.

I'm suspicious of too much certainty in the pursuit of understanding just because I think people are limited in their understanding.

If you have health care, my plan will lower your premiums. If you don't, you'll be able to get the same kind of coverage that members of Congress give themselves.

I was elected because I believed in what we call "grassroots politics," politics from the bottom up, not the top down.

Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be OK.

There’s no black male my age, who’s a professional, who hasn’t come out of a restaurant and is waiting for their car and somebody didn’t hand them their car keys.