I won't support any budget, whether it's a Republican or a Democrat budget, that doesn't lead to balance.

No Republican questions or disputes civil rights. I have never wavered in my support for civil rights or the civil rights act.

You either believe in the Constitution, or you don't.

We are borrowing $40,000 per second.

Republicans traditionally say, 'oh, we'll cut domestic spending, but we won't touch the military.' The liberals - the ones who are good - will say, 'oh, we'll cut the military, but we won't cut domestic spending.'

I think there's a racial outcome to a lot of what goes in America, but I don't think race is always the reason.

In our state, I'm really proud of the fact that the ones who overturned Jim Crow in Kentucky were Republicans fighting against an entirely unified Democrat Party. So I am proud to be Republican. I can't imagine being anything else.