It's unconscionable that this could have been going on all these years.

Informed and educated consumers are our best hope for prosperity, efficiency, and integrity in the marketplace.

The American people haven't lost faith in our cause.

The only thing that I can figure that might have happened there—and that wasn't very much of a down—you'll remember that there was a great-during the campaign—the great layoffs began in the steel industry and the automobile industry and so…

I'm counting on you and, what's more important, so are the American people.

Great results have never been achieved without great effort.

The days of sensational, quick victories are mostly behind us.

If I wasn't [optimistic] I'd never have left the ranch to come here in the first place.

I hope my legacy will mean that we restore the balance between the levels of government.

What the American people are calling for is a return to our first sound principles.

What this recession proves is that what they've been doing for the last few decades hasn't worked and never will.

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.