It's critical to have a sound foundation in free-market economics and the Constitution. A great many Republicans in Washington don't have that foundation.

Three of the last four [elections], '06, '08, and '12, were disastrous for Republicans. And they were years in which we just we stayed quiet, we went along the get-along, we didn't stand on principle. The only year that was a good year for Republicans was 2010, when we painted in bold colors, not in pale pastels. We stood for principle. I think winning this fight right now is the most important thing we can do to see significant victories in 2014.

The Second Amendment was designed explicitly to protect weapons that would be useful in a military context.

The essence of the conservative message should be we want a dynamic nation where anybody with nothing can achieve anything.

We don't have a system that knocks on doors of every person in America.

We will stop the terrorist attacks before they occur because we will not be prisoners to political correctness. Rather, we will speak the truth. Border security is national security and we will not be admitting jihadists as refugees.

Politicians make promises and they don't do what they said they would do: the reason why so many politicians in Washington are unhappy with me.