What happens in the Senate is the Republicans sink to the lowest common denominator.

I'd like to see a Republican Party that embraces a lot of the libertarian ideas.

Government-run schools can't instill morals and character.

We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.

Sometimes people credit me for the Tea Party. It's actually the other way around.

Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps.

I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.