“I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve.”

“Government is not the generator of economic growth working people are. ”

“I have to tell you that the innovation and the technology and the entrepreneurship of the world still lies in the United States of America.”

“I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve.”

“You know, I respect what Howard Dean has been able to do. It's good for our party. But I've got to tell you this: If money alone decided presidential nominations, Phil Gramm would have been nominated in '96.”