I saw my father deal with every headache the government threw his way - whether it had to do with the signs on the front of the building or the prices on the showroom floor. He knew he could do better, if government would just get out of the way - and stay out of the way. He was right.

We have to fight twice as hard, three times as hard - not only as conservatives, but frankly, as women - to have our voices heard.

When a governor asks you to come and serve... or a president, subsequently in my life - you do so.

I think that we should take the tragedy that happened in Newtown and have a full comprehensive dialogue about all issues, whether it has to do with mental health, whether it has to do with the social decline of our young people and some of the things that they are exposed to, whether it has to do with the firearms and guns.

If we don't have access to facts, we can't trust each other. Without trust, there's no law. Without law, there's no democracy.

In social networking sites, individuals hide their identities and indulge in individual attack on celebrities and others. It's a wrong kind of politics.

Our democracy only works when the official opposition does its job of opposing the government of the day and offers a clear alternative vision for our country, including giving a voice to the voiceless.

The central con of the political coalition assembled by Ronald Reagan and maintained by his successors was that government was a common enemy.