If I were an innocent individual, flown to a foreign country and held for several years and tortured, I'd become a terrorist, too. I'd go to war against the U.S.

I don't want to live in a country that lies can prevail in court. Where you can walk into a courtroom and fabricate a story and then have appellate court judges uphold it after a jury has made a decision.

The media doesn't educate anyone.

Listening is as important as talking. If you're a good listener, people often compliment you for being a good conversationalist.

Students often approached me about state-paid tuition while I was out campaigning. After I explained to them that if the state pays their tuition now, they will pay higher taxes to pay other people's tuition for the rest of their lives, most of them ended up agreeing with me.

There are a lot of good causes out there, but they can't possibly all be served by government.

I don't support communism. I don't like that type of government.