The most meaningless term in the English language is "I take full responsibility." When a politician utters those words it means absolutely nothing.

We in the press like to say we're honest brokers of information, and it's just not true. The press does have an agenda.

I didn't say one negative word about poor people or about middle-class people or anything else. All I said was that the rich deserve our gratitude.

I said that liberals think people who live in the middle of the country are a bunch of jerks, and obviously all liberals don't think that. But I will tell you what, an awful lot of liberal elites think that.

Try to imagine an America without rich people. Rich people contribute a lot to this country.

Except for talk radio, liberals pretty much control the culture.

A lot of people who voted for Barack Obama expected and were led to expect something new in politics: a new tone of political discourse in Washington. And I think - I think they're disappointed, because Barack Obama is not a new kind of politician. In fact, he's an old Chicago politician.