Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.

The Republican Party is terrific at determining how a program will impact the federal budget, but we're not nearly as good as the Democrats in explaining to people how our agenda will directly benefit them and their families.

I'm secure in who I am. I don't need the validation of those that would say, you have to be a certain thing in order to be accepted. I'm comfortable going against the grain if I need to.

The American dream does not happen by asking Americans to accept what's immoral and wrong in the name of tolerance.

If diversity is O.K. for God, it ought to be O.K. for Republicans.

We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena.

My father taught that the only helping hand you're ever going to be able to rely on is the one at the end of your sleeve.