I've got a new rule. It'll be rule No. 312. If it's three days before a campaign, don't believe anything new you hear about anybody.

We hear a lot about rebuilding Detroit, and we just spent $70 billion to bail out the auto industry - well, they need to be cost competitive, too. If they have high-cost energy, those suppliers are going to move to Japan or Mexico instead of Michigan and Tennessee.

Most people who get in trouble in politics usually get in trouble because they're disconnected from the people they serve, and I don't think anybody in Tennessee, even people who won't vote for me, would accuse me of that.

My dad being a salesman taught me you can sell anybody anything if you've got the ability to believe.

If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.

We've got a strong group of Republicans who are conservatives who know that their jobs aren't finished when they finish their speech.