Christianity is not the faith of the complacent, the comfortable or of the timid. It demands and creates heroic souls like Wesley, Wilberforce, Bonhoeffer, John Paul the Second, and Billy Graham. Each showed, in their own way, the relentless and powerful influence of the message of Jesus Christ.

I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there and in some ways it was frustrating not to feel like I was there as part of the troops that were fighting in Vietnam.

People who are government servants, public servants, should not be paid more than the taxpayers who are paying for it.

We can't expect entrepreneurs and businesses large and small to take their life savings or their company's money and invest in America if they think we're headed to the road to Greece. And that's where we're going right now unless we finally get off this spending and borrowing binge. And I'll get us on track to a balanced budget.

I'm learning to say 'y'all' and, I like grits... Strange things are happening to me.

At the end of the day after a few speeches and a lot of campaign stops, I'm more energized than drained.

I think an amnesty program... which is what the president (George W. Bush) has proposed... those are reasonable proposals.