The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country.

Were I to make the announcement and to run, the reasons I would run is because I have a great belief in this country [America]. ... There's more natural resources than any nation in the world; the greatest education population in the world; the greatest technology of any country in the world; the greatest capacity for innovation in the world; and the greatest political system in the world.

People of faith should not invoke the power of the state to decide what everyone can believe or think or read or do. In such cases, like abortion or prayer or prohibition or sexual identity, the proper role of religion is to appeal to the free conscience of each person, not the coercive rule of secular law.

Don't sacrifice your political convictions for the convenience of the hour.

I had the privilege of chairing Judge Samuel Alito confirmation hearing in 1990. And at that time, he had practiced law for 14 years, but only represented one client, the United States government.

We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we made.

Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?