You know, what's interesting about Washington...It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second-nature.

The thing that's important for me is to remember what's the most important thing.

America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused - preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.

I can't wait to join you in the joy of welcoming neighbors back into neighborhoods, and small businesses up and running, and cutting those ribbons that somebody is creating new jobs.

Immigrants bring to America the values of faith in God, love of family, hard work and self reliance - the values that made us a great nation to begin with. We've all seen those values in action, through the service and sacrifice of more than 35,000 foreign-born men and women currently on active duty in the United States military.

Not over my dead body will they raise your taxes.

They want the federal government controlling the Social Security, like it's some kind of federal program.