I'm going to be the nominee. It's very hard not to look at the recent polls and think that the odds are very high I'm going to be the nominee.
Whether it's his beloved game of polo or his magical success in business, Norman Brinker simply does not know how to lose.
One of my messages to Republicans is very simple: One-third of your schedule should be listening to people in minority communities.
What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots.
The U.S. cannot be the policeman of the world. When we tried that in Vietnam, they beat us up.
Now, I know among the politically correct, you're not supposed to use facts that are uncomfortable.
I've been very clear publicly I'm not a perfect human being, and I've made mistakes in my life, and I've had to apologize to God and to seek reconciliation.
If I had to choose Reaganomics or 13 staffers quitting, I think for the average working American, Reaganomics was a much better deal.
People have to render judgment. In my case, I've said upfront openly, I've made mistakes at times. I've had to go to God for forgiveness. I've had to seek reconciliation. But I'm also a 68-year-old grandfather, and I think people have to measure who I am now and whether I'm a person they can trust.
Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.
Nixon had this remarkably effective, deeply intense will to power. Reagan and I have a will to ideas.
I helped Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp develop supply-side economics.
An energy tax punishes senior citizens, it punishes rural Americans, if you use electricity it punishes you. This bill will increase your cost of living and may kill your job.
If Trump keeps learning, he could become a big asset. He will shatter the traditional patterns.
The most important social welfare program in America is a job.
The government shut down 12 times under Democratic House Speaker Tip O'Neill. It was only shut down twice while I was speaker.
I will focus on being substantive and I will focus on Barack Obama.
Part of why the Tea Party so deeply threatened the elite media is the tea party looked around and suddenly realized, there are more of us than there are of them.
So I'd be quite happy to have a three-hour Lincoln-Douglas-style debate with Barack Obama. I'd let him use a teleprompter. I'll just rely on knowledge. We'll do fine.
Surely the President can agree with us, that theft from government is not good. I know it's bold. It's out on the edge. I know from a Chicago-Springfield background it's hard to fully grasp that honesty could be part of government.
