Together, we'll build a far better future for America -- a future of growth, opportunity, and security, anchored by the values of a people who are confident, compassionate, and whose heart is good.

Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used.

Outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or economically as the private sector.

I believe that the most essential element of our defense of freedom is our insistence on speaking out for the cause of religious liberty.

Freedom is the right to question and change the established way of doing things.

The current tax code is a daily mugging.

I have learned that one of the most important rules in politics is poise - which means looking like an owl after you have behaved like a jackass.