"Somebody has to tell the E.P.A. that we don't need you monkeying around and fiddling around and getting in our business with every kind of regulation you can dream up. You're doing nothing more than killing jobs. It's a cemetery for jobs at the E.P.A."

"As Americans, we don't see the role of government as guaranteeing outcomes, but allowing free men and women to flourish based on their own vision, their hard work and their personal responsibility."

"America's greatness is not found in the size of its government. America's greatness resides in the hearts and the minds of the people."

"Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government."

"As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do."

"The beauty of the unknown is that every challenge is an invitation to grow stronger."

"The beauty of the unknown is that a single moment of clarity can change a lifetime."

"I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it."