Great leaders have an ability, a characteristic of analyzing very good talent, and empowering that talent.

I believe in America. I believe in her purpose and her promise. I believe her best days have not yet been lived. I believe her greatest deeds are reserved for the generations to come.

Somebody has to tell the E.P.A. that we don't need you monkeying around and fiddling around and getting in our business with every kind of regulation you can dream up. You're doing nothing more than killing jobs. It's a cemetery for jobs at the E.P.A.

The most important thing for us is to save lives.

And I have a message for the liberals and the defenders of the status quo: we're just getting started.

That the Texas Legislature, that the Texas school boards, the Texas teachers, we collectively know best how to educate our children, rather than some bureaucrat in Washington.

From time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented.