This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.

• Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.
• We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.
• My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'
• This is absolutely bizarre that we continue to subsidize highways beyond the gasoline tax, airlines, and we don't subsidize, we don't want to subsidize a national rail system that has environmental impact.
• I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world.
• Look, freedom is an overwhelming American notion. The idea that we want to see the world, the peoples of the world free is something that all of us subscribe to.
• You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.
• The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with international crisis, the balance of power, war and peace, and the economic future of the next generation.
• Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.
• I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world.