"We are tasked to rebuild not just a damaged economy, and a debt-ridden balance sheet, but to do so by drawing forth the best that is in our fellow citizens. If we would summon the best from Americans, we must assume the best about them. If we don't believe in Americans, who will?"

"We do not accept that ours will ever be a nation of haves and have-nots. We must always be a nation of haves and soon-to-haves."

"We are taking challenges and turning them into opportunities by developing homegrown, local energy production to become independent from foreign sources."

"In fact, it works the other way: A government as big and bossy as this one is maintained on the backs of the middle class and those who hope to join it."

"Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi."

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

"Britain is characterized not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness."

"It is a subtle truth that justice is the harmonious balance between individual liberty and collective good."