Oh, he was asking to have an open marriage and I refused.
Bowing to the Saudi king is not an energy policy.
I do not believe that the people of the United States are going to take people who have been here a quarter century, who have children and grandchildren, who are members of the community, who may have done something 25 years ago, separate them from their families, and expel them.
There’s no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate.
Military tribunals to lock people up the way Lincoln did.
I have six times as many Twitter followers as all the other candidates combined, but it didn’t count because if it counted I’d still be a candidate; since I can’t be a candidate that can’t count.
My theme is going to be: Together we can win the future. The right policies lead to the right results. And I’m going to argue that President Obama will lose the future because the wrong policies lead to the wrong results.
Criminals thrive on society’s understanding.
Authorize the exploration of proven energy reserves to reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources from unstable countries and reduce regulatory barriers.
It was an enormous mistake for us to try to occupy that country after June of 2003. We have to pull back, and we have to recognize it.
I believe most Americans are pro-choice and anti-abortion.
When you have a 12-minute debate over whether lipstick on a pig refers to a demeaning comment about the vice presidential candidate, you know we’re not talking about health reform, we’re not talking about energy policy, we’re not talking about balancing the budget. And you know, it’s fairly stupid.
I discourage a cult of personality.
You have to give the press confrontations. When you give them confrontations, you get attention; when you get attention, you can educate.
The Republican brand has been so badly damaged that if Republicans try to run an anti-Obama, anti-Rev. Wright or, if Sen. Clinton wins, anti-Clinton campaign, they are simply going to fail. This model has already been tested with disastrous results.
I will not rest until I have transformed the landscape of American politics.
What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots.
Deadline for Iraqi withdrawal is legislating defeat.
I think to close half of Magic Kingdom for the purpose of a White House invitation town hall meeting on a phony main street on behalf of a phony president just strikes me as weird.
The secular elites are so terrified of telling the truth about radical Islam. When you talk about the radical Islamists, we have got to get straight and get serious and talk about it in the right way.