"The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence."

"I have never met anyone who did not support our troops. Sometimes, however, we hear accusations that someone or some group does not support the men and women serving in our Armed Forces. But this is pure demagoguery, and it is intellectually dishonest."

"When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans."

"When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads."

"I didn't grow up with great privilege, nor did I grow up wanting for anything. I was a middle-class kid and, relative to the rest of the world, that's great wealth."

"Poor Georgia O'Keeffe. Death didn't soften the opinions of the art world toward her paintings."

"No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well."

"We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old - and that's the criterion by which I'll be selecting my judges."