As an American, I want to see our nation recapture the strength and unity it once had when we fought the enemy instead of ourselves.

The Senate has been debased to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity.

The right to criticize: the right to hold unpopular beliefs; the right to protest; the right of independent thought. The exercise of these rights should not cost one single American citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood... Otherwise none of us could call our souls our own.

My basic rule is to speak slowly and simply so that my audience has an opportunity to follow and think about what I am saying.

Women administer the home. They set the rules, enforce them, mete out justice for violations. Thus, like Congress, they legislate; like the Executive, they administer; like the courts, they interpret the rules. It is an ideal experience for politics.

We should not permit tolerance to degenerate into indifference.

I am running against no one. I'd like to be President. I think my experience and my record are greater than any other candidate or any other of the unannounced candidates. It's a real challenge, and that's one of the paramount things. When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.