I love the Mexican people; I respect the Mexican leaders - but the leaders are much sharper, smarter and more cunning than our [American] leaders.

I don't like the idea of telling private business owners. I abhor racism. I think it's a bad business decision to ever exclude anybody from your restaurant. But at the same time I do believe in private ownership. I think there should be absolutely no discrimination in anything that gets public funding.

On vague wording of drone strike criteria: “Are you going to just drop a hellfire missile on Jane Fonda? Are you going to drop a missile on Kent State? That’s gobbledygook.

If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.

We will not cut one penny from the safety net until we've cut every penny from corporate welfare.

I really think that discrimination and racism is a horrible thing. And I don't want any form of it in our government, in our public sphere.

What gets lost is that the Republican Party has always been the party of civil rights and voting rights.