There is a direct correlation between education, stable families and incarceration and crime.

When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.

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

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

In 2008, as a matter of fact, I had people accusing me of being a Senator Obama supporter because I wouldn't slam him. I said, 'Well, consider the fact that I voted for impeachment for President Clinton, but it wasn't a personal vote. I voted based on the facts and the law and the Constitution and what we were dealing with.'

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

I'm not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one's skin color or one's gender, I think it should be done based on one's need, because I think if you are from a poor white community, I think that poor white kid needs a scholarship just as badly as a poor black kid.