"We chose more freedom instead of more government. We chose the principles of our founding to solve the challenges of our time. We chose a special man to lead us in a special time. We chose Mitt Romney to lead our nation."

"From tea parties to the election in Massachusetts, we are witnessing the single greatest political pushback in American history."

"Americans chose a limited government that exists to protect our rights, not to grant them."

"Leadership can not be measured in a poll or even in the result of an election. It can only be truly seen with the benefit of time. From the perspective of 20 years, not 20 days."

"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting."

"True character arises from a deeper well than religion."

"The best way out of a difficulty is through it."

"Here's the thing with me and the religious thing. This is the flat-out truth: I find the religiosity and philosophy in the music. I don't find it anywhere else."