The cold harsh reality is that we have to balance the budget.

If I remember, Russia, 20 or 30 years ago, you'd get shot trying to leave. Today, Russian tourists are all over the world. You have Russian oligarchs with big yachts all over the world.

The cold harsh reality is that we have to balance the budget.

I was a Democrat before I was a Republican before I became an independent and I never changed my principles.

The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy.

I never liked anyone who didn't have a temper. If you don't have a temper, you don't have any passion.

We haven't had a world war in a long time. We do have mass movements of people out of Syria and North Africa. But, fundamentally, if you take Japan, you're complaining that the economy isn't booming, they'd like to have slightly higher inflation.