Over my tenure as governor, I have come not only to respect the political muscle of the Federation; I’ve come to respect the brains. All of us depend on your efforts and energies.
Nobody really likes to be lectured a lot. And, therefore, if you want to be an effective person, what you don’t do is scold the person publicly all the time.
I understand politics and I know there’s gonna be a lot of verbage.
I’ve watched politics for years. Republicans rarely get credit for the good things that happen in the economy during their watch. Democrats always get more credit than they deserve. They are just better at political discourse that we are.
Russia’s most precious resource is the brain power of this country. And you’ve got a lot of it. It’s gonna take a lot of brains in Russia to create a drain.
We’re supposed to have guns. It says so in the Bible; and the second greatest book ever written, the Texas State Constitution.
What’s all this whining about the environment? They’re always talking about ‘stop the clearcuts.’ I mean do the math people. If we were out of trees then we wouldn’t have any clearcuts to be complaining about now would we?
The terrorists know that the outcome will leave them emboldened or defeated. So they are waging a campaign of murder and destruction. And there is no limit to the innocent lives they are willing to take.
The great tradition of America is one where people can worship the way they want to worship. And if they choose not to worship, they’re just as patriotic as your neighbor. That is an essential part of why we are a great nation. If you’re a Jew or a Christian or a Muslim, you’re equally American.
It should make people nervous when non-transparent regimes, that have announced that they’ve got nuclear warheads, fire missiles. This is not the way you conduct business in the world. This is not the way that peaceful nations conduct their affairs.
Torture continues to be practiced around the world by rogue regimes whose cruel methods match their determination to crush the human spirit.
A president must make decisions based upon principle and stand by the principles by which he makes decisions in order to achieve peace.
The Bob Jones policy on interracial dating, I mean I spoke out on interracial dating. I spoke against that. I spoke out against interracial dating. I support the policy of interracial dating.
Most people in America understand that the rich people hire good accountants and figure out how not to necessarily pay all the taxes that they should be paying.
America is a nation of prayer. It’s impossible to tell the story of our nation without telling the story of people who pray.
The great contest for the presidency is about the future, who can lead, who can get things done.
In the long run, stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty.
It is important that social, political, and religious freedoms grow in China. A society which recognizes religious freedom is a society which will recognize political freedom as well.
We are a people united by our love for freedom, even when we differ in our personal beliefs. In America, we are free to profess any faith we choose, or no faith at all.
History will look back, and I’m fully prepared to accept any mistakes that history judges to my administration, because the president makes the decisions, the president has to take the responsibility.