I had a white senator call me a rag head, and I had an African-American legislator call me a conservative with a tan.

Everyone can have a bad day.

You don't go to the people that are just like you. You go to the people that you have to earn their credit.

The public likes to think that women only care about contraception.

I'm very proud of the way that I was raised, I'm very proud of the way that my parents raised me.

For a bill to become law, it truly has to be the will of the people, and for a president to stop the will of the people and stop what you're trying to do in your state is not the role of Washington.

I love that we are one of the least unionized states in the country...We don't have unions in South Carolina because we don't need unions in South Carolina...And we'll make the unions understand full well that they are not needed, not wanted, and not welcome.