5,000 years of human history should not be overthrown by the acts of a few liberal judges or by the acts of a few local elected officials.

We need to be asking for the vote in the most powerful way possible, which is to have people asking for the vote who are comfortable and look like and sound like the people that we're asking for the vote from.

My Greek mythology is not strong enough.

Ronald Reagan wasn't in the establishment of the Republican Party either, nor was Richard Nixon.

I believe in the principles of the Republican Party.

But, look, Washington is a town that creates myths for its own existence and its own amusement, and I was a subject of myth, sort of like Grendel in Beowulf - you know, not seen very often but often talked about.

To be able to compete, we've got to improve our education system, our litigation environment, our tax code, our health system and our trading policies if we're going to be as strong economically in the years ahead.