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

I got all the respect in the world for the front-runners in this race, but ask yourself: If we replace a Democratic insider with a Republican insider, you think we're really going to change Washington, D.C.? You don't have to settle for Washington and Wall Street insiders who supported the Wall Street bailout and the Obamacare individual mandate.

We can't have deficit spending in Texas. You have to balance your budget every two years.

My quarrel is not with the legitimate role of government but with the unlimited role of government.

The God we serve does not seek out the perfect, but instead uses our imperfections and our shortcomings for his greater good. I am humbled by my own limitations. But where I am weak, He is strong.

Spreading the wealth punishes success while setting America on course for a greater dependency on government.

Those jobs flee other states because of factors like excessive taxation, punitive regulation and frivolous lawsuits.