I think in the end we will have negotiations with the House. They don't have any incentive for a long, drawn-out trial. We'll have negotiations with the White House. Despite all their threats they are going to have a prolonged defense. The reality is they are the driving force behind getting this over quickly.

There's one form of bigotry that is still acceptable in America - that's the bigotry against the successful.

I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve.

Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are.

Thank God the economy is not as bad as you read in the newspaper every day.

Granting amnesty to people who broke the law penalizes the millions of people who are waiting to come to America legally.

The genius of the American system is that we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people.