Our stewardship of the Earth is brief. We owe it to those who follow to keep that in perspective, to be responsible passengers along the way.

I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.

I've often thought that the process of aging could be slowed down if it had to go through Congress.

Abraham Lincoln truly inspired me. It wasn’t just the freeing of the slaves, he kept the Union together. Some people even forget that today. What I think inspired me was the fact that in spite of being the president of the United States he retained a certain down-to-earth quality. He never got to be a big shot, and he cared about people.

The Congress will push me to raise taxes, and I'll say no, and they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again and I'll say to them, read my lips, no new taxes.

Every American expects and deserves clean air, and then we act on that belief, then we will set an example for the rest of the world to follow.

Both must make tangible, immediate steps toward this vision.