The highest priority you can have is education.

Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments - the American people really don't care.

Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure.

When Mitt Romney says he wants to reform the tax code, hold on to your wallets.

There are two tests in life, more important than any other test. On Monday morning, when you wake up, do you feel in the pit of your stomach you can't wait to go to work? And when you're ready to go home Friday afternoon, do you say, 'I can't wait to go home?'

I'd like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis working for an insurance company.

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically, this administration has not come close to doing what is necessary.