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

I believe that FEMA plays a key role in working with states and localities to prepare for and respond to natural disasters. As president, I will ensure FEMA has the funding it needs to fulfill its mission.

I don't like to have the federal government start pushing its weight deeper and deeper into our schools. Let the states and localities do that.

If a society takes it upon itself to prescribe and proscribe certain streams of belief - to prohibit certain less-favored strains of conscience - it may be the non-believer who is among the first to be condemned. A coercive monopoly of belief threatens everyone, whether we are talking about those who search the philosophies of men or follow the words of God.

I believe the tax on capital gains should be zero.

Instead of leading the world by how much we borrow, it's time that we make sure we lead the world in how much we build and create and invest.

What we have said and - and - and with which I concur is that we should use every diplomatic and political vehicle that's available to us to keep Iran from becoming a nuclear capability state.