I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.

Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application.

One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties.

I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can be achieved only if everybody has a seat at the table - is the most important challenge facing our country today.

Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.

Gary Johnson and I have a good platform of having been fiscally conservative and we`re socially inclusive. And that`s different from both the other parties. The voters have a right to see that choice to be fiscally conservative and socially liberal. That doesn`t describe either of the other parties.

It's completely idiot proof." I told them they've got it all wrong. I want a machine that is "idiot friendly.