Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?

You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have an agenda. And I think what the Republican Party has to do, if it's going to incorporate the tea party efforts in it, is to come up with an agenda that the American people can see, touch, and actually believe in, and something they believe in.

I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren't high.

The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.

Be careful what you choose: You may get it.

It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.

I would caution my Republican friends that [Obama has] three years to go, and in that three years the American people are going to want to see some progress and not just claims that this guy is out of office and we're going to do everything to destroy him or that somehow he is a 'socialist' taking over the country. Have we so lost our faith in this country that we think one person, one man can be can suddenly change our entire system? That's kind of absurd.