I would describe myself as a 'total conservative, a conscientious one.'

The fact is there are a lot of things happening at the federal level that are absolutely beyond the jurisdiction of the Constitution. This is power that should be shifted back to the states, whether it's the EPA - there is no role at the federal level for the Department of Education.

The military is not a social experiment. The purpose of the military is kill people and break things. It's not to transform the culture by trying out some ideas that some people think would make us a different country and more diverse. The purpose is to protect America.

Marriage should be reinforced, not redefined.

Now, have I ever been tempted to break into a Krispy Kreme doughnut store in the middle of the night? Oh, yeah. God help us if I had a minibar stocked with cheesecake and chicken-fried steak.

I've never, ever tasted beer.

While I hate to ever lose a supporter, I’ve come to realize that one who would abandon me over a single statement or decision I made is a person who would abandon me sooner or later anyway.

A person who has no standard to live by other than the culture of the moment is a person whose principles might as well come from the latest public opinion polls.

Our generation has learned to hold to the standard of each other instead of the standard of God. That is the travesty: God is no longer the standard; we are.

Every amendment in the Bill of Rights expressly tells the government what IT is forbidden to do, not one of them explains what the people can’t do.