“Conservatism has had from its inception vigorously positive, intellectually rigorous agenda and thinking. That agenda should have in my three pillars: strengthen the economy, strengthen our security, and strengthen our families.”

The answer for healthcare is market incentives, not healthcare by a Godzilla-sized government bureaucracy.

We still believe in the America that is a land of opportunity and a beacon of freedom. We believe in the America that challenges each of us to be better and bigger than ourselves.

I didn’t talk to anybody and say, “I’m going to do a speech, do you go some ideas?” This is something I did on my own because I care very deeply about the country.

I know what it takes to balance budgets. I have done it my entire life.

We’re all a nation that believes we’re children of the same god.

Moral certainty, clear standards, and a commitment to spiritual ideals will set you apart in a world that searches for meaning.

I believe the tax on capital gains should be zero.

It’s time for the party of big ideas, not the party of Big Brother!

If anyone accuses me of lying, I’ll simply say I’m not lying, which is just an extension of the overall lying strategy.

Only FREEDOM has ever been the answer to poverty.

When you raise taxes on small business, from 35% to 40%, you will kill jobs.

Corporations are people, my friend.

I was in the world of business for 25 years. If you didn’t balance your budget, you went out of business.

I just think the American people had expected that the president of the United States would be able to describe what he’s going to do in the next four years. But he can’t. He can’t even explain what he’s done in the last four years.

I saw the young man over there with eggs Benedict, with hollandaise sauce. And I was going to suggest to you that you serve your eggs with hollandaise sauce in hubcaps. Because there’s no plates like chrome for the hollandaise.

I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair, I’ll fix it.

If you’re conservative in Hollywood, you’re on a list of people who need to be put in their place.

Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story.

Fox News never calls up Bobby Seale to articulate a stance in opposition to right-wing conservatives. To me, giving the New Black Panthers a platform on Fox is a subtle tactic to scare people.

In a conservative old town, say something new and be prepared for the stones!

Conservative values aren’t really reflected in the radical values of the NRA. And the other idea was that the NRA is not what you think it is

I’ve never met anyone who has said, “My goal is to make America mediocre.” That’s a kind of hard-right conservative fallacy.

I’ve never met anyone who has said, “My goal is to make America mediocre.” That’s a kind of hard-right conservative fallacy.

If conservatives get to call universal healthcare ‘socialized medicine,’ I get to call private, for-profit healthcare ‘soulless, vampire bastards making money off human pain.’