We do not have a secure border on our southern flank.

In an era of unprecedented medical innovation, we have to do more to ensure that patients facing terminal illnesses have access to potentially life-saving treatments.

Vladimir Putin is only going to respond to action, strength, and resolve. He's not going to respond to words.

The people that are proposing banning assault weapons, well, first of all they're already banned. Assault weapon is a fully automatic, those are already banned.

How many people are moving up toward the Antarctica, or the Arctic? Most people move down to Texas and Florida, where it's a little bit warmer.

What we should be doing is responsibly addressing the primary drivers of our debt and deficit issues.

The Obama administration has an undeniable pattern of using regulatory overreach and intimidation to further its political aims.

Any individual that would be running for office, if they would say something that crosses a line and, in the end, is so significant, so major, that you couldn't support them, I'd have to withdraw support from any individual, okay?

I have to - I think an endorsement is something incredibly important. I would never do it just strategically. I would have to have full confidence that I have got no questions about the person.

All the time, you take a look at what government rules are, so you can minimize the impact of government regulations. That's just smart business.

I want to err on the side of constitutional liberty and freedom.

Scott Walker has provided some really excellent leadership in Wisconsin.

We actually do need a federal government, but we need a limited one.

I guess when you take a look at the book 'Atlas Shrugged,' I think most people always like to identify with the main character - that would be John Galt. I guess I identify with Hank Rearden, the fella that just refused until the very end to give up.

With honest discussion, free speech, let people's voices be heard.

We are in perilous territory the stronger Iran gets. And they're getting stronger. We should make them weaker.

You always want to help people out.

In 2010, there were 57 lawyers, zero manufacturers, and way too many career politicians in the United States Senate.

Trust me: our critical infrastructure is vulnerable to cyber-attack, to potential terrorist attack, and we are not taking this threat seriously enough.

I'd be 100 percent supportive of a minimum wage - kind of industry specific, maybe regionally specific - for guest workers, so that we're not creating incentives for employers to bring in immigrants to lower the price of labor.

I believe the U.S. has been way too silent on the brutality, the lack of human rights in the Muslim world for women.

I am going to certainly endorse the Republican nominee, and obviously it looks like that will be Mr. Trump.

Russ Feingold is a career politician. He's addicted to it.

If you manage things properly - and, listen, I'm a business guy. I've got to prioritize spending in all my business career to prevent my business from going bankrupt. The federal government has got to start doing that eventually as well.

This is nothing negative about the other candidates. It's just a recognition of the fact that Governor Romney has won more delegates. He's the only person that really has a chance to take the winning number of delegates into the convention.

We have seven months before the election. Our top priority as fiscal conservatives is to make sure President Obama retires.

We need different perspectives here in Washington - someone who has private-sector experience, somebody who's actually created jobs, manufactures products, understands the incentives and disincentives, the intended and unintended consequences of legislation.

I don't respect phoniness.

Never denied climate change. It has always changed and always will.

George H.W. Bush assembled a 'coalition of the willing.' We need to do that again.

One of the promises I made when I ran was, I'll never vote with my reelection in mind.

We certainly should support both parties having observers at the polling stations to make sure that neither side does anything that allowed a fraudulent vote. That's a very healthy check on the process.

The best way to prevent the homegrown-inspired attacks is literally positive engagement with Muslim communities. Making sure that any immigrant population that comes into America assimilates, becomes part of our culture. That has been our history; it has made us strong.

The fairest and most democratic process in terms of Supreme Court nominees is let the American people have a voice.

I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade... And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.

You can't fix stupid.

Donald Trump - and I don't dislike Donald one single bit - has no idea how good the Mexican people are at building tunnels.

I had the right to remain silent... but I didn't have the ability.

There's not a pill you can take; there's not a class you can go to. Stupid is forever.

Diamonds - that'll shut her up... for a minute!

Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty... mine's putting in an express lane.

The next time you have a thought... let it go.

I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke every last one of 'em.

People are saying that I'm an alcoholic, and that's not true, because I only drink when I work, and I'm a workaholic.

I didn't get where I am today by worryin' about how I'd feel tomorrow.

There are two kinds of comics; there are the ones who build bridges, and then there are the people who walk across the bridges as though they built them. The bridge builders are few and far between.

The first thing I ever got my hands on was Andy Griffith's 'What It Was, Was Football.' I was fascinated with the fact that every syllable made it funny, and I would laugh even though I didn't know what any of it meant.

I love Cincinnati, but you can keep that spaghetti chili product!

I've gathered some of my close musical and comedian friends, and we're going to see if we can't bring a few laughs to these soldiers, raise some money, and hopefully lift their spirits. I consider it an honor and a privilege to give back however I can for the many sacrifices of these incredibly brave men and women.

My brain is like a cross between a colander and a Lazy Susan - thin, slow, and it leaks.