I think there's no problem getting through the House a pathway to legal status. A pathway to citizenship is going to be tougher, but I think it is potentially doable, if we can show the American people that the border is secure.

I'm a Texan - my idea of gun control is hitting what you aim at and nothing else.

I've been through several of his campaigns, and I can tell you nobody can out-campaign Rick Perry.

I went in with the youthful vigor that I could single-handedly change the world. But you fast come to the realization that you're 1/435th of one-half of one-third of the government.

Nobody in the Washington regulatory bureaucracy gets fired for saying no.

In an urban area, you're not going to be an hour away from another post office.

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

We all have a responsibility to protect endangered species, both for their sake and for the sake of our own future generations.

May God protect me from gloomy saints.

A good lawyer is going to try to protect her client.

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.