If you had any idea the threats that our Nation faces from within and without on a daily basis, you would probably want the government to be in some ways more involved in your life.

We need to add more people at the ports of entry, not between the ports of entry.

I think we basically doubled the number of human beings we have between the ports of entry.

One of the reasons I am told this is happening is because the economy is stronger in Mexico.

Get the government out of my life.

If all we do is strengthen our borders, or even strengthen the borders between Mexico and those countries, that will not solve the problem.

We cannot just focus on symptoms of problems. We have to focus on underlying causes as well.

I think that is an expenditure we ought to figure out to get that made, and I would just urge you...

Sometimes people just want to know that they are valued and we need to do a better job of that.

Did we make enough progress? No, I do not think so. Did we make some progress? Yes, we did.

health care costs were killing us. Unless we figured out how to get our arms around those, for the government and the private sector as well, it is going to do us in.

I like to say--this is Albert Einstein speaking through me--in adversity lies opportunity.

One is we need to work on our entitlement programs to save the programs, to make sure they are going to be around for our kids and grandchildren.

some day Democrats, we are going to be in the Minority. We will have a Republican President...

I do not care whether George W. Bush was the President or Barack Obama is the President...

We are on track right now, over the next 25 years, to actually be spending more money in DOD for compensation and benefits than we are going to have.

find out what works, do more of that.

I just do not want you to waste my money.