I... you know, I... look, after 9/11, I vowed to protect this country.

No insignificant person was ever born.

I mean, there was a serious international effort to say to Saddam Hussein: 'You're a threat'. And the 9/11 attacks accentuated that threat, as far as I'm concerned.

This is a nation that loves our freedom, loves our country.

People who plan their life when they're 18 years old and say, "This is my life plan," would generally be surprised and maybe disappointed.

Running for governor of Texas against a very popular governor [incumbent Ann Richards] was deemed to be risky. Everybody thought I would lose. As I put in my book, my mother said, "You're going to lose!"

The case for trade is not just monetary, but moral. Economic freedom creates habits of liberty. And habits of liberty create expectations of democracy.