"The motives of these parents vary, many parents don't like the curriculum being taught to their kids, or are wary of the threat of peer pressure or the presence of drugs or violence lurking in too many of our schools today."

"America's strength is not our diversity our strength is our ability to unite people of different backgrounds around common principles. A common language is necessary to reach that goal."

"Printing ballots in multiple languages costs millions of dollars every year. It also discourages immigrants from integrating into American society and gaining the benefits that come from speaking English."

"There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season."

"The second office in the government is honorable and easy the first is but a splendid misery."

"You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector."

"I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one."

"People forget... that we structured it so that the government, or the people, would be repaid with a really good rate of return. And as it turns out, that aspect of TARP, that's what happened."