Mass incarceration is the most pressing racial justice issue of our time.
I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.
The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom.
I hate big government, but I really hate a government that doesn't work. So when 'they say we either have to raise taxes or cut core services,' it's actually a 'false choice.
I still remember, as a kid, tying a yellow ribbon around a tree in front of my house during the 444 days that Iran held 52 Americans hostage. Iran is not a place we should be doing business with.
There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois.
Looking at America's history, ordinary people did something extraordinary. Leaders risked their lives for freedoms that we take for granted today. That's what instills confidence. That's us. We will move forward and prosper because that's who we are as Americans.
I think my passion is misinterpreted as anger sometimes. And I don't think people are ready for the message that I'm delivering, and delivering with a sense of violent love.
It was a curious feeling, that something could be so close and so distant at the same time.
All great novels are great fairy tales.
Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.