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

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

I'm carrying so much pork, I'm beginning to get trichinosis.

I would be the last person who would say immigrants are not important to America.

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.

...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.