I'm not a professional politician. I'm a professional problem solver, and I believe we should cut the salaries of senators and congressmen 10 percent until they balance the budget. I call that conservative common sense.

Well, you show me the science [that being gay is not a choice] and I'll be persuaded.

People sometimes hold themselves back because they want to use racism as an excuse for them not being able to achieve what they want to achieve.

I was Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. As you know, there are twelve banks and they have their citizens board, and I got elected to the Fed Chairmanship for the Federal Reserve Kansas City Bank back in the mid-'90s. It might have been 1995-'96.

It is not someone's fault if they succeeded, it is someone's fault if they failed.

If you touch the hearts of people you can get people's minds to change, but you have to show them the beauty of not aborting a life.

Just look inside and you will find just what you can do.