Leaders do not sway with the polls. Instead, they sway the polls through their own words and actions.

We have no more fundamental obligation in government than to ensure the safety of our citizens.

We discussed politics, but we also talked about the importance of hard work, personal responsibility, living within your means, keeping your word. Those lessons stay with you throughout your life.

I don't know what leadership is. You can't touch it. You can't feel it. It's not tangible. But I do know this: you recognize it when you see it.

Politics is a contest among people of diverse backgrounds and philosophies, advocating different solutions to common problems. The system only works when principled, energetic people participate.

I support stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research.

Thoughtful people of different political philosophies can disagree, but in a very agreeable manner.