If succeeding generations of Americans don't understand the concepts of justice, individual rights, free enterprise, capitalism, sovereignty or national security, there can be no guarantee that those concepts - or others like them - will continue.

From computers to information technology to airplanes, it has been America's unique blend of republican government and free-market capitalism that has allowed us to surpass all other nations in history.

My effectiveness is best placed in solving problems through federal solutions.

I don't want anybody suspecting I am some sheep and part of the Washington D.C. establishment.

If we win, we'll make history, and I'll serve you on the Agriculture Committee.

If I can't affect some change in six years, maybe I'm in the wrong place.

If succeeding generations of Americans don't understand the concepts of justice, individual rights, free enterprise, capitalism, sovereignty or national security, there can be no guarantee that those concepts - or others like them - will continue.