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

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

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.

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

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 than a tax cut, ... This Week.

I think in the end we will have negotiations with the House. They don't have any incentive for a long, drawn-out trial. We'll have negotiations with the White House. Despite all their threats they are going to have a prolonged defense. The reality is they are the driving force behind getting this over quickly.

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

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

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 were to never do it again. The problem with doing it was we reward people who violated the law. We reward people who came into the country illegally.