If you're going to go increase taxes on small businesses, you're going to slow down the extent to which we're able to reduce unemployment. So I think it's a serious mistake; the wrong time to raise taxes.

Everyone knows that you're not really a real man unless you own a gun.

It will be necessary for us to be a nation of men, and not laws.

Like many Americans, I've always been intrigued by Bill Clinton. I obviously didn't always agree with him - enjoyed running against his legacy in 2000, when Al Gore was his designated successor, but I don't have anything negative I would say about Bill Clinton.

In terms of asking questions, I plead guilty. I ask a hell of a lot of questions. That's my job.

As Vice President one of the things I spend time on is the continuity of government; that's the main reason I'm here is a back up for the President if anything happens to him.

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.