“I don't see how the party that says it's the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century.”

“President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. I would like to be the most successful paycheck president in American history.”

“There are no ideas in the Republican Party right now in the Congress. They're the party of no. They desperately need some intellectual leadership. And whatever you think of Newt Gingrich, he can supply intellectual leadership. So I hope he does run.”

“I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual I'm too abstract I think too much.”

“There are no ideas in the Republican Party right now in the Congress. They're the party of no. They desperately need some intellectual leadership. And whatever you think of Newt Gingrich, he can supply intellectual leadership. So I hope he does run.”

“We tried to have diplomas without learning, we tried to have jobs without work, we tried to have houses without savings, we tried to have government without responsibility.”

“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.”