Under my plan, 85 percent of America will pay no tax or have a flat tax at our lowest rate of 15 percent.

I observed a thousand acts of courage, compassion and love [as a POW] and I will always treasure that memory above all others.

We send cruise missiles and then we think everything's all right or we try to bring them to trial. My friends, this time they've gone too far. This time we're serious. This time we won't quit until they are gone, completely gone from the face of the earth

Everybody says that they're against the special interests. I'm the only one the special interests don't give any money to.

Thanks to General Petraeus, our leadership and the sacrifice of brave young Americans. To deny that their sacrifice didn't make possible the success of the surge in Iraq, I think does a great disservice...the progress has been immense.

I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig.

It's pretty clear we have enough Guard people in the United States, but are they capable of handling our oversees commitments as well? We need to figure out how that impacts our ability in Iraq.