I see myself as a person who wants to serve the constituents within my district and find a way to move those who are not in our position philosophically to our position.

We need the private sector to create jobs. If the government could create jobs Communism would have worked, but it didn't.

As I have traveled throughout my Congressional district, the one thing I heard loud and clear was simply please stop spending money you do not have, rein in spending, live within a budget.

I think it's very clear that the American people are frustrated with this move toward socialism. And so whether you're back or white, if you believe that the conservative construct is in the best interest of our future, than you too would be voting with Republicans, and if you had the opportunity to run you'd join us as well.

I don't necessarily believe there's a message in the fact that I'm an African-American Republican. I think there is a message that America as a whole, we are now awake. We are looking at a political construct and we're fairly disappointed. I think the message is no matter where you come from in this country, there is great potential.

We do not have a revenue problem in D.C. or this county. We have a prioritization problem. When you create the priorities you fund the priorities of the country and you stop spending money when you get to zero.

We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government.

Certainly I feel like I'm the tip of the arrow at times because certainly the national media wants to talk about the fact that I'm a black Republican and some people think of that as zany that a black person would be a conservative but to me what is zany is any person black, white, red, brown or yellow not being a conservative.

If our message reaches the kitchen tables, we are in good shape.

I see myself as a person who wants to serve the constituents within my district and find a way to move those who are not in our position philosophically to our position.

If you look at the fact that the best chance we have for a good economy is the private sector. The government cannot create jobs. If the government could create jobs, then Communism would have worked. But didn't work. So what we have to do is allow the private sector and the entrepreneurial spirit to lead us back to a job-filled recovery.

And the Tea Party represents many of us who believe that we are taxed enough already. We believe in free markets.

But the question we should ask ourselves is, who is the next visionary leader of America? How do we have the aspiration and inspire Americans to reach their highest level? We need a president that does so.

Ensuring fairness in the American workplace should be a cornerstone of our economic policy.

I have campaigned all over the state of South Carolina. It is the friendliest state in the country. And truly here people judge you by the content of your character not the color of your skin.

I think about my grandfather who's 89 years old, and the last thing he needs is more money out of his pocket.

I think the question is who am I? That's what we all should be asking ourselves. Who am I? Well, if I am first a Christian conservative then that dictates my response to all questions so my response first as a Christian conservative is to vote consistent with my value system.

I think when you look to the future what you'll find is that the Republican Party is building a bigger party base on stronger values.

I think you hear, at least as an undertone, and it's going to grow louder, is that we believe that capitalism is the mantra of the day and anything that creeps towards socialism is a problem.

I'm not looking to be dominating all the media outlets ... to talk about any issue just to be on TV, I'm not your guy. I'm not going to be 'the black Republican'. I'm going to be a Republican who happens to be black who will talk about issues that I'm passionate about that are specific to the agenda that I want to accomplish.

Is Romney a tea party candidate? I'd probably say that he's the least of the candidates running for president right now that would be considered a tea party candidate.

One thing without any question that is true today and that is that the winner of the 28-minute commercial is President Barack Obama.

Our position should not be on how to eliminate the competition at all expenses, but we should focus on what we're going to do in order to make sure that Americans turn to the road of prosperity with the trajectory of capitalism, because making a profit is not an evil.

Starting and feeding into the cultural war is absolutely unequivocally wrong for us as a nation and bad for the conservative movement.

The future of the Republican Party and the future of America is based on a values system and the issues that drive those values are on our side.

There are good people and bad people in all organizations fundamentally however, when you look at the basis of the Tea Party it has nothing to do with race. It has to do with an economic recovery. It has to do with limiting the role of our government in our lives. It has to do with free markets.

There is nothing special about Tim Scott. I'm an ordinary guy serving an extraordinary God and that makes the difference.

When I was elected Governor, we had an audacious agenda that naysayers said couldn't be enacted with a Democrat majority in the state legislature. However, we worked across party lines and enacted historic reforms. Working together, we cut taxes by more than $600 million.

Awards are for young people. They just are.

The roots of India's soft power run deep. India's is a civilization that, over millennia, has offered refuge and, more importantly, religious and cultural freedom, to Jews, Parsis, several varieties of Christians, and Muslims.

Be there for others, but never leave yourself behind.

Always think in circles to get your ideas around.

There are things that I am very proud of and there are things that you are not so proud of. But I think that applies to any musician.

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.

I feel very strongly that where the facts exist, a historical novelist should use them if they're writing about a person who really lived, because a lot of people come to history through historical novels. I did. And a lot of people want their history that way.

We don't believe in competition.

I don't lead with an iron fist. I don't yell at people. I have a way of making my opinion clear.

Coming down off crack is like the worst depression. The worst.

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts.

I was aiming for the cooks that I've talked to by teaching an online course and by traveling, listening to people who are really busy and harried but want to be cooking.

For every young person I meet, I learn an idea.

Right after the game, say as little as possible.

Chess is a very tough game, and psychologically a tough game. And of course, chess needs a lot of qualities, human qualities. And so you must have a very strong nervous system, and then you must be well prepared; you must be able to work a lot.

To admit there is no god is to provide free license to pillage and rape with clear conscience.

So from a long time ago, every year 700,000 Mexicans have only three routes to take: migration, the informal economy and the path to antisocial behavior.

Positive emotion alienated from the exercise of character leads to emptiness, to inauthenticity, to depression, and, as we age, to the gnawing realization that we are fidgeting until we die.

Autumn burned brightly a running flame through the mountains a torch flung to the trees.

When you have a few billion people connected with screens, not voice... screens are important. You can transmit a thousand times more information.