First of all, in principle, I'm against physician-assisted suicide, and secondly, I believe it is the prerogative of the federal government to control drug rules. And the idea of using a controlled substance to end somebody's life is something I don't agree with. I can see the idea of using controlled substances to ease somebody's pain. That makes sense.

There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids upon the death of their loved one. Others hug but having committed the troops, I've got an additional responsibility to hug and that's me and I know what it's like.

America is successful because of the hard work and creativity and enterprise of our people.

My mother always said, 'When you're eating pretzels, chew before you swallow'. Always listen to your mother.

It was much easier for me to endure the belittling than it was to watch my dad get belittled.

But I have no desire for fame and power anymore. I crawled out of the swamp and I'm not crawling back in.

But as importantly, it lies in the fact that we've got citizens from all walks of life, all political parties, that are willing to say, I want to love my neighbor. I want to make somebody's life just a little bit better.