We can live our own lives in a way that does not bring reproach on the principles we claim to support.

I don't care what the New York Times says about me, and no one I care about cares what the New York Times says about me.

That is why I fought against abortion and that is why if I were still in the Senate I would be doing everything I could to defend the sanctity of marriage.

Compromise, hell! That's what has happened to us all down the line -- and that's the very cause of our woes. If freedom is right and tyranny is wrong, why should those who believe in freedom treat it as if it were a roll of bologna to be bartered a slice at a time?

What I am suggesting is hard work and it can be slow work, but the rewards are well worth it.

This is an area where North Carolina does excel. I have known more colorful North Carolina political figures than I have colorless ones.

If God had wanted us to use the metric system, Jesus would have had 10 apostles.