The decisions we make in Washington have a direct impact on the people in our country, obviously.

He has certainly earned a reputation as a fantastic mayor, because the results speak for themselves. I mean, New York's a safer place for him to be.

Most people in America understand that the rich people hire good accountants and figure out how not to necessarily pay all the taxes.

Americans do not turn away from duties because they are hard.

What ends up happening is people form images and the image they form is, in some ways, what they want it to be. The idea of trying to correct the image is something I'm not interested in doing.

The union of a man and a woman is the most enduring human institution, honored and encouraged in all cultures and by every religious faith." ... "Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.

There are a lot of tactical decisions that, if I could have done them over, I would have.