"A courageous heart knows that the mind is a garden where thoughts are the seeds."

"The work ahead will be hard. These times demand the best of us - all of us, but we can do this. Together, we can do this. We can get this country working again. We can get this economy growing again. We can make the safety net safe again. We can do this."

"In a clean break from the Obama years, and frankly from the years before this president, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of GDP, or less. That is enough. The choice is whether to put hard limits on economic growth, or hard limits on the size of government, and we choose to limit government."

"We do not have a functioning market in the true sense of the word in health care. That's a layer of transparency that's sorely needed in America."

"Hope and Change has become Divide and Conquer."

"Every cliche about kids is true they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy."

"The tapestry of existence shows us that every challenge is an invitation to grow stronger."

"The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence."