"I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians."

"If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith."

"For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change."

"Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up."

"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance."

"I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."

"As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family."

"My family is from the South, and I can remember all those ladies I grew up with, like my great-aunts, who had handkerchiefs. There's something sweet about them."