“What makes America amazing is that there have always been men and women of courage who were willing to think more about the future of their children and grandchildren than they did about their own political careers.”

“The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom.”

“In education, they say either property taxes have to go up, or we'll have poor education - that's a false choice.”

“I think most people believe success in government is how many fewer people are in government, not because you kick them off of benefits like unemployment but they've been able to control their own destiny because private sector employers have created more jobs.”

“More people on unemployment benefits is not success in America, fewer people on not because we kicked them off but because they have been able to get a job in the private sector, because government got out of the way.”