How could I get up there and say, 'People, we've got to do better,' when I was the poster child for everything that was wrong? I've always believed leaders don't ask others to do what they're unwilling to do.

Christian conservatives care about their families eating. They're concerned about energy independence. They're concerned about functional government.

I'm from Hope, Arkansas, you may have heard of it. All I'm asking is, give us one more chance.

Ok to ban smoking from workplaces, but not to ban smoking.

You don't just give the executive branch unlimited resources, unlimited power. Our founders were very concerned about too much power being invested in any one, in any branch. The balance of power is fundamental to our system.

I'm not a Republican because I grew up rich, but because I didn't want to spend the rest of my life poor, waiting for the government to rescue me.

The Bible, however, was not created to be amended and altered with each passing culture.