The other thing to realize is that almost all these shootings, including this shooting [in San-Bernardino], happened in a government building where people are not allowed to defend themselves. While it's not the ultimate answer, the ultimate answer would be no violence, part of the answer is saying, "We need to allow people to defend themselves."

We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.

Every child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed.

I think that most manufacturing and mining should be under the purview of state authorities.

I will advocate for Kentucky's interests.

What I've always said is that I'm opposed to institutional racism, and I would've, had I've been alive at the time, I think, had the courage to march with Martin Luther King to overturn institutional racism, and I see no place in our society for institutional racism.

Some in Washington say that you have to trade your liberty for security.