Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

I was going to have an opening statement, but I decided that what I was going to say I wanted to get a lot of attention, so I'm going to wait and leak it.

Freedom is the very essence of our nation. To be sure, ours is not a perfect nation. But even with our troubles, we remain the beacon of hope for oppressed peoples everywhere. Never give up the fight for freedom - a fight which, though it may never end, is the most ennobling known to man.

Let us renew our faith that as free men and women we still have the power to better our lives.

The difference between them and us is that we want to check government spending and they want to spend government checks.

I won't hold my opponent's youth and inexperience against him.

You know economists; they're the sort of people who see something works in practice and wonder if it would work in theory.