There's never been a civilization that has rewritten what marriage and family means and survived.

I think the important thing is to realize that the establishment of a democracy is sometimes a messy thing and it takes time. Yeah, we've been at it 240 years.

I'm a strong advocate for music. I think guitars are wonderful.

He spent more time on the road to Damascus than a Syrian camel driver. And we thought nobody could fill John Kerry's flip-flops! ... [Romney's record was] anything but conservative until he changed all the light bulbs in his chandelier in time to run for President.

Politics has become unbelievably and unfortunately way too much about how much money is involved rather than what kind of ideas are involved.

Competition breeds excellence, including in the GOP race.

I think that I would have made a fine president. But it really came down for me to a very personal, a very intimate and a spiritual decision. I don't rule anything out for the long-term future.