Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections.

From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.

I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.

Every Senator in this Chamber is partly responsible for sending 50,000 young Americans to an early grave. This Chamber reeks of blood.

And above all, above all, honest work must be rewarded by a fair and just tax system. The tax system today does not reward hard work: it penalizes it. Inherited or invested wealth frequently multiplies itself while paying no taxes at all. But wages on the assembly line or in farming the land, these hard-earned dollars are taxed to the very last penny.

Every once in a while, I run into somebody who tells me that she met her husband in my campaign or a husband who says, I met my wife. I have to tell you, I caused a few divorces too.

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.