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I supported Arizona's immigration law by joining in that lawsuit to defend it. Every day I have Texans on that border that are doing their job.

In America, the people are not subjects of government, the government is subject to the people.

I have no question that Newt Gingrich has the heart of a conservative reformer, the ability to rally and captivate the conservative movement.

I think every program needs to stand the sunshine of righteous scrutiny. Whether it's Social Security, whether it's Medicaid, whether it's Medicare.

I come by my conservatism authentically, not by convenience. And I offer the American people a new direction.

As Americans, we realize that there is no taxpayer money that wasn't first earned through the sweat and toil of one of our citizens.

Aggies have a really interesting way of admitting defeat. We've never been outscored. We just ran out of time.

And I have a message for the liberals and the defenders of the status quo: we're just getting started.

Americans want government that is leaner, more efficient, and less intrusive into their personal lives.

Guns require a finger to pull the trigger.

Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.

Dark economic clouds are dissipating into an emerging blue sky of opportunity.

In the rush to become all things to all people, the federal government has lost sight of its core responsibilities. As a result we're stuck in this frustrating paradox where Washington actually neglects things it's clearly supposed to be doing, while interfering in other areas where they are neither welcome nor authorized.

[Under Obama,] our federal tax dollars can now be used to fund abortion all over the world. With the stroke of a pen, abortion essentially became a U.S. foreign export.

Let's stand up. Let's speak with pride about our morals and our values and redouble our effort to elect more conservative Republicans.

Conservatives are winning offices, and champions of big government are cleaning out their desks right now.

Texas created more jobs in 2008 than the rest of the states - combined.

Somebody has to tell the E.P.A. that we don't need you monkeying around and fiddling around and getting in our business with every kind of regulation you can dream up. You're doing nothing more than killing jobs. It's a cemetery for jobs at the E.P.A.

It is time to change our policy of appeasement toward the Palestinians, to strengthen our ties with the nation of Israel.

I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses.

Our view is that individuals and families can govern their lives better than bureaucrats.