"I typically start out almost every speech I give making some kind of joke about me being in a wheelchair."

"You can look at the state of California, which is on a pathway to destruction because they expanded government too much, thinking that there would always be someone to pay for it."

"Americans get it. They're ready for some opportunities to have greener communities, to have cleaner communities, and to have transportation options that perhaps they haven't had in the past."

"During my time as a judge, as a justice, and as attorney general, I've had one overarching goal, and that is a strict interpretation and application of the laws and the Constitution. I would be Madisonian."

"The roots of genuine insight grow deep in the soil of quiet observation — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom principle 41 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 100."

"When I look into the crowd, I see young and old, black and white - it's amazing that I'm able to connect with so many different kinds of people."

"My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what's important to me."