"Well, what did we buy? Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy, and which will put 16,500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama's health care bill."

"I want to be America's Margaret Thatcher. I will be the next Iron Lady."

"I thought if anyone need a leg up, it was our foster children. So, I started getting involved in education reform, and that was back in 1998. And as a result of all the reform work that I had done, people urged me to run for the Minnesota state Senate. I did, I was there for six years."

"My future is full - it is limitless - and my passions for America will remain."

"I guess subconsciously that all the great people you work with have an influence on you."

"My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I'm working on the foundation."

"What other people think about me is not my business."

"Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens."