I'm not going to tell people that I will raise your incomes and not your taxes, and not mean it, because I don't want to see the kind of struggle that the middle class is going through exemplified by these promises that would raise taxes and make it much more difficult for many, many Americans to get ahead and stay ahead. That is not my agenda.

I have stood up and I have represented my constituents to the best of my abilities, and I'm very proud of that.

Can't react every time you're insulted. Free people absorb destructive things and refuse to be destroyed

My feeling is if you're going to be a leader, you have to carefully assess where people are and where people want to go.

Nothing is more important to our shared future than the well-being of children. For children are at our core - not only as vulnerable beings in need of love and care but as a moral touchstone amidst the complexity and contentiousness of modern life.

We cannot let those who would try to destabilize the world to interfere with American interests and security.

True transformation only comes from sustainable strategies.