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

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

All over the world, people want to know what kind of people Texans are, and I explain that Texans are America's ideal Americans.

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

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

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.

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