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

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

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 look at subprime lending and I see the American dream in action.

Running for president must be like having babies. You have to forget what it was like the last time before you want to do it again.

...we will not grant amnesty to illegal aliens in this Congress or, hopefully ever again. We did that once. Everybody said it was a one time deal. We were to never do it again. The problem with doing it was we reward people who violated the law. We reward people who came into the country illegally.

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