It's important for us to be kind to other people and treat other people the way that we want to be treated.

What people recognize is that there's a fear that the United States is in an unstoppable decline. They see the rise of China, the rise of India, the rise of the Soviet Union and our loss militarily going forward.

I'm an affectionate person I'm a person who hugs, hugs people and I shake hands.

You can't take money from the taxpayers out of the treasury to give it to pay off your political donors. That's corruption to do that.

We're running out of rich people in this country.

When it comes to personnel issues, I act professionally and respectful of former employees. I just assume that's a two-way street. It's disappointing when it's not.

I thought if anyone need a leg up, it was our foster children. So, I started getting involved in education reform, and that was back in 1998. And as a result of all the reform work that I had done, people urged me to run for the Minnesota state Senate. I did, I was there for six years.