We must never forget what government is not. Government is not a philanthropic organization. Government is not the family. And government certainly is not the church.

We all have different competencies. Some of us are intellectually gifted, some of us athletically gifted, some of us are great listeners. Everyone has a different level of what they can do.

I think people recognize I'm very sincere in what I say.

I would agree that President Carter didn't live up to the expectation we all had when he came in 1976. My husband and I were young idealists who worked on his campaign.

The very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more.

The government has no business telling an individual what kind of light bulb to buy.

This [health care reform] cannot pass. What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing. This will not pass.