Iraq is fragile and may fall back into a devastating setting. We're not making the kind of progress in Afghanistan that had been promised. And our esteem around the world has fallen. I can't think of a major country. It's hard to think of a single country that has greater respect and admiration for America today than it did five years ago when Barack Obama became President. And that's a very sad, unfortunate state of affairs.

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

Conservatives believe in providing Constitutional rights to our citizens, not to enemy combatants like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Tomorrow we begin a new tomorrow.

It's not government that makes business successful. It's not government investments that makes businesses grow and hire people.

We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure.

Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government.