“Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments – the American people really don’t care.”

I am deeply skeptical of trade deals in general.But the only way they can get a number of Democrats is by doing a strong real currency bill that goes after the worst of the trading partners, the one that`s stealing our high-end jobs.

All we ask for is registration, just like we do for cars.

It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals who gave their lives in defense of our liberty.

America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.

So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it’s a better education overall.

The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.

If you have a sharp bold economic message, you can unite everybody.

We’re going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We’re going to beat guns into submission!

In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, on protecting our Nation from another terrorist attack, are mistakes of omission. We are simply not doing enough.

When you lose an election, you don’t blink, you don’t turn away. You look it right in the eye and say, why did we lose?

Obviously, there are conservatives who are in the mainstream and conservatives who would take people’s rights away.

I think there’s going to be a lot of Americans who are really willing to be much more active than they were before, because they’re worried about where Trump is headed.

Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, whether you are a liberal or a conservative, we know that neither this President nor prior Presidents of both parties did everything right or we would not have had a 9/11.

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.

The highest priority you can have is education.

Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that’s not what any of us should want from our judges.

Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.

I don’t care what people think about me. Never did, never will. Life is too short to be worrying about that shit.

People love you when you’re successful, but if you’re not, who really cares about you?

Without despair, we will share, and the joys of caring will not be erased. What has been, must never end, the joys of caring will not be replace.

I am happy to see that, increasingly, people care about farm workers. There is tremendous interest in where and how our food is grown.

When you’re putting good stuff into your body, you feel so much better.

Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.

Knowing you’ve got my back is everything. When we were sleeping till noon and binge watching scrubs. I never could understand the complexity of the future.