People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money.

John Quincy Adams most certainly was a part of the Revolutionary War era. He was a young boy, but he was actively involved.

I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start listening to me here?' Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we've got to rein in the spending.

If you are a conservative you can never get anything wrong. I was very proud of the fact that I didn't get anything wrong that I said during the course of the debates.

People think when you have a, quote, 'bank failure,' that that is the end of the bank. And it isn't necessarily.

My heart really softens when I think about mothering because the greatest lessons that I've learned in life have been as a mother.

Obama is for the 300 million souls of the United States what Andreas Lubitz was for the 150 souls of the Germanwings flight.