"The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy."

"If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than his secretary's. In fact a very small percentage of people in this country pay a big chunk of the taxes."

"There is no business in America that would be prevented from taking results into account when making personnel decisions."

"Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control."

"Every time the government grows we lose more of who we are."

"When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good, but what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation."

"Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad."

"If we don't end war, war will end us."