"Novels and gardens," she says. "I like to move from plot to plot."

We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together.

It [Border fence] hasn't worked. What has worked is more border patrols... What has worked is some technology.

We're a superpower with a third world grid.

We as a people, as a state, and as a community, have too much promise, too much potential, and too much at stake to go any other way than forward. We are too strong in our hearts, too innovative in our minds, and too firm in our beliefs to retreat from our goals.

The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education.

I would have troops where they’re wanted, in our bases in Kuwait. I would have a contingency in case of an international terrorist attack. Our involvement in Iraq has led us to fail to focus on the true threat, al-Qaeda in Afghanistan... It was a mistake.