Excellence does not begin in Washington.

Our loyalty lies with little taxpayers, not big spenders. What our critics really believe is that those in Washington know better how to spend your money than you, the people, do. But we're not going to let them do it, period.

People who think a tax boost will cure inflation are the same ones who believe another drink will cure a hangover.

Free enterprise has done more to reduce poverty than all the government programs dreamed up by Democrats.

We will never disarm any American who seeks to protect his or her family from fear and harm.

Millions of individuals making their own decisions in the marketplace will always allocate resources better than any centralized government planning process.

One day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.