I got into politics when I was eight years old. Six years now. And I got involved because I started listening to talk radio. It goes back to one event. The Democrats filibustered something in the Senate when I was eight years old. I don't remember what it was on and I didn't honestly care when I was eight years old. I cared about the history and the Senate rules.

Conservatism is not about the party, because the party is merely the shell. It is the inside - it's the filling that really means something.

I want the American people to understand that conservatism... is an ideology of protecting the people and the people's rights.

In politics almost all of us are nerds, so that's just a given... but we're cool nerds.

As I've been acting since I was young it's taught me to give a good speech, and, though I say so myself, I did it pretty well.

Before I got into politics, I wanted to be a missionary to people in the Middle East. I thought it would be better to speak with them in their own language.

I don't think Obama's a socialist or evil, I just think he's wrong and I disagree with him, he's a leftist, that's what they are in France and in Great Britain and in Canada.