If you think my idea is awful, you should say as much. But there is a difference between attacking an idea and attacking the person behind that idea.

It's so easy to trigger everyone these days, especially if you mention President Donald Trump.

You have to tackle the real drivers of debt - that's mandatory spending, not discretionary.

You can say that your ideas are bad for America, and frankly un-American, but don't say the person is a traitor.

We just need leaders in Congress who are honest with the American people.

We can remember what brings us together as a country.

I will attack ideas very hard. I am not shy about that one bit. So I don't want people to think that because I had a call for civility that that means I shy away from debate and that I'm agreeable. That's not the case. What is the case is that I will not question who you are as a person.

Victory looks like no more September 11ths.

If you're criticizing Israel, but you're doing it in a way that implies that the Jewish people in America have a dual loyalty, that's anti-Semitism. It's more than just criticizing Israeli policy.

Politicians should aim for higher discourse, the media should report context instead of seeking to inflame the public, and the public should not reward bad behavior nor engage in it on social media.

I dreamed even after I laid down my rifle I would continue to uphold my oath to defend the Constitution.

As a country, we still have a lot of work to do. We need to agree on some basic rules for civil discourse.

There are many ideas that we will never agree on. The left and the right have different ways of approaching governance, based on contrasting philosophies. But many of the ultimate goals - economic prosperity, better health care and education, etc. - are the same. We just don't share the same vision of how to achieve them.

As a long-time supporter of Israel, I will ensure that our alliance does not waver, and that America continues to support Israeli security, advocate for her on the international stage, and contain the threat from Iran and terrorism across the region.

We have to bring back that Reagan optimism.

We actually all care about the environment, and most people believe in climate change and believe that mankind has something to do with that - how much is scientifically debatable, but there is some effect and we all have an interest in reducing carbon emissions, just having cleaner air, cleaner oceans. It's something we can get behind.

Labeling someone as an '-ist' who believes in an '-ism' because of the person's policy preference is just a shortcut to playground-style name-calling, cloaked in political terminology.

This life, this purpose, this American spirit that we hold dear - we are not alone. We do it together.

Give the benefit of the doubt to your opponents if they walk back a controversial statement.

The need for physical border security is a very real one. But equally important is the need to focus on the source of the problem: mass emigration from Central America.

Marikana should not have happened. We are all to blame, and there are many stakeholders that should take the blame. But taking the blame should mean that we should make sure it never, ever, happens again.

The ANC will never die; it will live.

What we want is for our young people to be skilled.

There is nothing wrong with students demanding free education, and, in fact, it is something that our children deserve.