The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people.

Misery sells newspapers.

I’m carrying so much pork, I’m beginning to get trichinosis.

All over the world, people want to know what kind of people Texans are, and I explain that Texans are America’s ideal Americans.

You’ve heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession.

We’re the only nation in the world where most of our poor people are fat.

You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline.

It’s not fair to say that people who work with their head or with their hands ought to pay taxes, but people who earn their living with capital ought not to.

If I brought groceries the way I buy health insurance, I’d eat a lot better – and so would my dog.

We’re going to keep building the party until we’re hunting Democrats with dogs.