The reality is (Clinton's) so-called tax cut is basically giving money to people who largely don't pay taxes, so that it's really spending rather tha….

I did not come to Washington to be loved, and I have not been disappointed..

You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession..

We have benefited greatly from the globalization of the economy in the last 30 years..

Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there..

We're going to keep building the party until we're hunting Democrats with dogs..

We're the only nation in the world where most of our poor people are fat..

I own more shotguns than I need. But less shotguns than I want..

Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are..

Half the world does not know the joy of wearing cotton underwear..

There's one form of bigotry that is still acceptable in America - that's the bigotry against the successful..

I'm carrying so much pork, I'm beginning to get trichinosis..

If I brought groceries the way I buy health insurance, I'd eat a lot better - and so would my dog..

Granting amnesty to people who broke the law penalizes the millions of people who are waiting to come to America legally..

...we will not grant amnesty to illegal aliens in this Congress or, hopefully ever again. We did that once. Everybody said it was a one time deal. We….

Running for president must be like having babies. You have to forget what it was like the last time before you want to do it again..

It's not fair to say that people who work with their head or with their hands ought to pay taxes, but people who earn their living with capital ought….

I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready money..

Thank God the economy is not as bad as you read in the newspaper every day..

You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline.

I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve..