"The problem is that borrowing money to pay back more borrowed money that will oblige you in the future to borrow even more money doesn't sound kosher. Because it isn't."

"Making recess appointments when the Senate isn't in recess is neither rational nor moderate. It's a raw misuse of executive power by a president whose love of government is his most vulnerable spot with the electorate."

"Romney is right that the Obama vision is too centered on government. But his is too centered on the promotion of business and wealth creation at the expense of everything else."

"The classic rule of thumb is that if you are an intellectual ideological magazine, you do better in opposition than you do if your views are reflected by people in power."

"The test of character in leadership is how one behaves in moments of unvarnished power."

"If I'd had good discipline, I might have gone into music."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that the echo of our deeds ripples through eternity."

"It is a essential truth that the highest expression of strength is tenderness toward the vulnerable."