We have a President, perhaps for the very first time since the founding of our republic, who doesn't appear to believe that America is the greatest earthly force for good the world has ever known.

There's no free ride. Someone always pays and if you don't know who that someone is, it's probably you.

Our government needs to adopt a pro-market agenda that doesn't pick winners and losers, but it invites competition and it levels the playing field for everyone.

In politics there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those like John McCain who use their careers to promote change.

You either get free stuff or you get freedom. You cannot have both and you need to make a choice.

I opposed annexing in areas around our city borders, because I knew that if neighborhoods wanted to be a part of the city, well, they would mandate themselves in and invite themselves into a city. That's just one example of even on a local level how dangerous it is for a politician to start thinking they know more than that individual family, that individual business.

We have got to encourage other nations also to come along with us with the impacts of climate change, what we can do about that.