I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center point of my life, really, since I was a child, but at 16 years of age, I fully surrendered my life over to Christ. At that point, as a teenager, I began to grasp the concept of Christ's true love and forgiveness.

Small business is the backbone of our economy. I'm for big business, too. But small business is where the jobs are generated.

Literally, if we took away the minimum wage - if conceivably it was gone - we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level.

It's tough to find a place not to like in Switzerland.

I think that it's important that the American people know that Barack Obama didn't have a mild association with Bill Ayers, he had a very strong association with Bill Ayers. Bill Ayers is not someone that the average American wants to see their president have an association with.

Voting has not been tough for me, for the most part, because there's guideposts about what will bring about the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people.

Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture.

I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law.

I pledge to you I'm not a talker. I'm a doer.