I was told I got 10 measly minutes, but just in case, I brought 13 hours worth of material.

With regard to the idea of whether you have a right to health care, you have to realize what that implies. It’s not an abstraction. I’m a physician. That means you have a right to come to my house and conscript me. It means you believe in slavery. It means that you’re going to enslave not only me, but the janitor at my hospital, the person who cleans my office, the assistants who work in my office, the nurses.

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

Because Republicans believe that the federal government is limited in its function-some have concluded that Republicans are somehow inherently insensitive to minority rights. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The history of African-American repression in this country rose from government-sanctioned racism. Jim Crow laws were a product of bigoted state and local governments.

You don't go into politics unless you want to win.

As commander-in-chief, I will do whatever it takes to defend America. But in defending America, we cannot lose what America stands for.