Heritage will remain, first and foremost, a research institute dedicated to impeccable research and data-driven policy analysis.

From a policy standpoint, the Judeo-Christian principles are important.

I have been on shop floors. I have talked to a lot of the companies that create jobs in South Carolina and across the country. And what they want is less regulation.

No funding for Planned Parenthood; protect the unborn.

Something happens to me when someone says, 'You can't.' I'm generally not very competitive; unless someone tells me I can't do something that should be done.

Well, I'm not trying to get rid of the unions, but I am saying that they appear to be an antiquated concept in today's economy.

I don't have many litmus tests, but this is one: Any candidate who doesn't understand that we need to balance the budget should not be president of the United States.

I don't think we need to extend unemployment any further without paying for it, and without making some modifications such as turning it into a loan at some point. It then encourages people to go back to work.

I went through two pretty dark years being fed up with the system and frustrated with my own party after two disastrous elections in 2006 and 2008.

Sometimes people credit me for the Tea Party. It's actually the other way around.

I don't need to be asking for money for local museums and other projects just to make me look good back home.

Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations.

I'm never going to rule anything out in life, because most of what I'm doing now, I never intended to do.

What we need is some people to stand up with the courage of their convictions, to do what they promised when they ran for election, and fight to stop Obamacare.

Freedom solutions -- cross-state insurers; health cooperatives.

Eliminating business taxes makes US best at manufacturing.

Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.

It doesn't make sense to have to do the wrong thing in order to do the right thing.

We have this kind of revolving door, we don't have a permanent class of millionaires in America like a lot of other countries.

One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.