Nobody is starving on the streets. We've always taken care of them. We take care of our own; we always have. It is not the government's responsibility.

And I've always said, 'If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn't necessary.' We need to be able to understand that if we're going to make real progress.

I always say if God didn't allow any bad things to happen we would already be in heaven, and we are not there.

I've been fortunate enough to travel to 58 different countries and I thank God everyday that I was born in this country. The most exceptional country that the world has ever known. And I want to make sure that we preserve that exceptionalism for the next generation.

Health care is one-sixth of our economy. If the government can control that, they can control just about everything. We need to understand what is going on, because there are much more economic models that can be used to give us good health care than what we have now.

Maybe that's how I learned to handle my deep hurt - by forgetting.

By reading so much, my vocabulary automatically improved along with my comprehension.