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.

I love Texas because Texas is future-oriented, because Texans think anything is possible. Texans think big

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

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

We're going to keep building the party until we're hunting Democrats with dogs.

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 have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready money.