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

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.

Too many Americans live by Republican principles of faith, family, hope and opportunity, but vote for Democrats out of sheer habit.

They said that I had sold out and (am an) Uncle Tom. And I said well, they deserve to have that view. But I have my thoughts. And I think they're race-hustling poverty pimps.

There is a war being waged right now on prayer and religion by liberals who are taking every opportunity to make America as God-less as possible.

There can't be opportunity or jobs without investment and profit.

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!