The thought of my children growing up in an America with less freedom, less opportunity, and a lower standard of living is a long-term pain I cannot and will not bear.

You talk to any of the job creators, and they'll tell you one of the things that concerns them the most is the debt. And so high levels of indebtedness are going to lead to high levels of taxation, which lead to high level of unemployment.

Competition is good for consumers. It provides more choices at better prices.

Every time we've had a pro-growth fundamental tax reform, be it under President Reagan, President Kennedy - you can even go all the way back to President Coolidge - we have seen paychecks increase, economic growth be ignited, and, actually, more revenues come into the government.

I understand that show business people can wear the public a bit thin when it comes to politics. I know they wear me thin.

I think Dianne Feinstein may be the most Orwellian political official in Washington. It is hard to imagine having a government more secretive than the United States.

Look how many millions of people are underemployed or have lost their jobs. The last thing I'm going to do is play politics with their future.

I think that people are tired. They're tired of the same old kind of politics. People want a new tone to politics.