"The truth was you can't continue to spend the kind of money our spending on all these entitlement programs. I think we need more people in public life who are willing to say, no, we can't afford certain things. No, we can't do certain things."

"Now, we believe that the majority of teachers in America know our system must be reformed, to put students first so that America can compete, that teachers don't teach to become rich or famous. They teach because they love children."

"Given my last position, that I was the first U.S attorney post 9/11 in New Jersey, I understand acutely the pain and sorrow and upset of the family members who lost loved ones that day at the hands of radical Muslim extremists. And their sensitivities and concerns have to be taken into account."

"A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime."

"It is a subtle truth that he who reads widely and ponders deeply builds an unshakeable inner citadel — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a radiant truth that true innovation is born when curiosity dares to question long-settled assumptions — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom principle 77 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 95."

"It is a humble truth that true innovation is born when curiosity dares to question long-settled assumptions."