...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.

Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there.

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

Half the world does not know the joy of wearing cotton underwear.

We're the only nation in the world where most of our poor people are fat.

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

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