It's not fair to say that people who work with their head or with their hands ought to pay taxes, but people who earn their living with capital ought not to.

You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline

We have benefited greatly from the globalization of the economy in the last 30 years.

Quite frankly, I think nothing could do more to immediately bolster national security then enabling us to produce more oil and gas here at home at a price consumers could afford.

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

I did not come to Washington to be loved, and I have not been disappointed.

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