My family is more important than my party.

I can remember that little thrill - that little shiver of excitement - when the Opry audience would encore a person because that person had touched them so.

You won't find average Americans on the left or on the right. You'll find them at Kmart.

[T]ax cuts are not just something that all taxpayers deserve, but also the best way to curb government spending. It is the best kind of tax reform. If the money never reaches the table, Congress can't gobble it up.

I have knocked on the door of this man's soul and found someone home.

A Marine knows that pride is the bedrock upon which he will lay the foundation of his life, and on that foundation he will build the structure by which the worth of his existence and the measure of his accomplishments will be judged.

It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.