Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught.

It takes a lot of strength to let go.

I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.

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

To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.

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.

We have seen the Democrat solution to an energy crisis; it's called California.