The current tax code is a daily mugging.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

I received a letter just before I left office from a man. I don't know why he chose to write it, but I'm glad he did. He wrote that you can go to live in France, but you can't become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Italy, but you can't become a German, an Italian. He went through Turkey, Greece, Japan and other countries. But he said anyone, from any corner of the world, can come to live in the United States and become an American.

My doctors told me this morning my blood pressure is down so low that I can start reading the newspapers.

Greatest gift is human life and that we have a duty to protect the life of an unborn child.

The bill's a textbook example of special interest pork barrel politics at work, and I have no choice but to veto it.

The best view of big government is in the rearview mirror as we leave it behind.