We have to get back to a government where leaders are willing to talk across party lines and do not have absolute politics as the goal.

If you are elected to do a job, you are supposed to do it to the best of your ability.

What I will stand up for is what I think is right and for the best interests of the citizens of the state of Iowa.

I was the first woman elected as secretary of agriculture in Iowa.

Money can't buy you happiness, but it helps you look for it in a lot more places.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

I have changed the style of functioning of the government and administration and managed to change the perception.