It may surprise people to know that I advocate the reform of the United Nations, not its abolishment.

On your principles, you should never yield; you should be prepared to be defeated. Nobody likes to be defeated, but you should let everybody know in the most articulate and thoughtful and civil way you can (you don't go out and pick fights with people) that in certain matters that you define as matters of principle you will not budge, you cannot yield, you will not compromise. If you don't have the votes or the winning argument, then you stand to be defeated and rolled over, and you'll just have to come back another day.

Mr. Clinton better watch out if he comes down here. He'd better have a bodyguard.

I have tried at every point to seek God's wisdom on the decisions I made, and I made it my business to speak up on behalf of the things God tells us are important to Him.

Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals.

The New York Times and Washington Post are both infested with homosexuals themselves. Just about every person down there is a homosexual or lesbian.

It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something.