I don't know if anybody has moved up the ladder more quickly than I have.

I would caution all of us or I would remind all of us that any candidate that we support, they are going to be flawed.

We need to make sure that every child in America goes to a school every day that is safe, will teach them how to read and write, do arithmetic and gain the computer skills necessary to allow them to compete in the global marketplace. If we can get that through the public schools, fine. If we can't, I'm all for parental choice in education to allow that parent to take his/her/their child to a school that is safe and teaches them, even if it is a faith-based school!

My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.

You take a poor black child. Give him a good education, tell him he's somebody, that God didn't create junk when he created him, and that black child will create his own affirmative action.

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.

I think Newt Gingrich has a proven track record of changing Washington and getting results.