“We are a strong, robust, and prosperous nation. Optimism is the essence of our success. It drives our creativity and emboldens our entrepreneurial spirit. It is what makes us invest in the future and accomplish our highest aims.”

After obtaining pre-approval by mid-June from the Senate ethics committee, I issued a letter directing my trustees to sell any remaining HCA stock in my family’s trust.

As a matter of principle, we believe patients should be able to see the right doctor at the right time. As a matter of principle, we believe nothing should interfere with that doctor-patient relationship.

Personal savings accounts to me are one of the most powerful things, not necessarily in saving, solvency, or bankruptcy of the program, but in guaranteeing, the words I used a few minutes ago, a safe and secure retirement for our seniors.

America has the best doctors, the best nurses, the best hospitals, the best medical technology, the best medical breakthrough medicines in the world.

[I support] term limits for career politicians and the death penalty for career politicians.

It is very important that the president thematically shows where we’re going in terms of the vision and an agenda.

The United States has put more money on HIV, AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis than any country in the world and it’s having an impact real quick.

The number one killer of children in Rwanda is malaria. Since the United States of America stood up and working with Rwandans, we have been able to cut those deaths by two-thirds.

Space offers extraordinary potential for commerce and adventure, for new innovations and new tests of will. As Americans, we can’t help but reach for the stars. It’s our nature. It’s our destiny.

We have determined enemies who will use any means available to take the lives of as many Americans as possible.

Voluntary personal savings accounts would enable future retirees to harness the power of the marketplace when saving for their retirements.

Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration.

Sound science must be a basis to governing our trade relations around the globe.

I believe that marijuana is a dangerous drug and that there are less dangerous medicines offering the same relief from pain and other medical symptoms.

The enemies of freedom will not prevail.

When we talk about safety and security of the American people, politics falls aside pretty quickly.

I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.

I’m an optimistic guy.

Anyone born and bred in Northern Ireland can’t be too optimistic.

Rage is caused by a conviction, almost comic in its optimistic origins (however tragic in its effects), that a given frustration has not been written into the contract of life.

I am in general a very pessimistic person with an optimistic, day to day take on things. The bare facts of life are utterly terrifying. And yet, one can laugh. Indeed, one has to laugh precisely because of the darkness: the nervous laughter of the trenches.

I’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.

With God, I can do all things! But with God and you, and the people who you can interest, by the grace of God, we’re gonna cover the world!

I’m optimistic because I’m pragmatic: Neither of the two sides, the military government nor the Islamic front, is capable of winning. If they continue to fight, they will both bleed to death.