"In my own personal life, God plays a great role in the risk, because I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do - and not only for operating, but for everything."

"My thoughts are that marriage is between a man and a woman."

"We live in a country that used to have a can-do attitude, and now we have a 'what-can-you-do-for-me?' attitude, and what I try to do is find ways that we can develop common ground."

"I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal."

"My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived."

"Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now."

"Without alienation, there can be no politics."

"Who would prefer peace to the glory of hunger and thirst, of wading through mud, and dying in the service of one's country?"