Why I've advocated a proportional tax system. You make $10 billion, you pay a billion. You make $10, you pay one. And everybody gets treated the same way. And you get rid of the deductions, you get rid of all the loopholes.

You're going to be much less likely to point the finger at somebody and create a huge brouhaha when it wasn't necessary if you had stopped and asked yourself, 'Could I have done things to prevent this situation?'

I consider myself a logical person and, you know, a lot of people try to categorize me in one way or another.

I do not want to get rid of the safety net, I want to get rid of dependency.

If we commit ourselves to reading thus increasing our knowledge, only God limits how far we can go in this world.

A lot of people simply don't realize their potential because they're just so risk adverse. They just don't want to take the risk.

I would prefer that in the Republican party, we not engage in trying to destroy each other, because all that does is hand the election over to the Democrats. I don't know why there is this penchant for snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory, they'll find some way to destroy themselves. And it is just maddening to see it happening.