My wife's a gardener. I'd put Astroturf down everywhere, but I get outvoted one to one every year.
— Ken Cuccinelli
There are just some things about being president that are difficult.
For all the criticism of me, there's one thing you won't hear anybody say, and that's that I've pulled the wool over anyone's eyes.
When you file an amicus brief, and you represent a state, the court reads your brief. It is a powerful position to make the legal assault from.
Am I happy with the choice? No I'm not. But I'm going to make my choice, and I expect to vote for Donald Trump.
Giving public sanction to homosexual marriage ends up redefining marriage, and it's certain to harm children.
Put simply, no one in state government can create new specially protected classes except the General Assembly with the concurrence of the Governor.
I'm more of an engineer with a law degree than I am a lawyer with an engineering degree in terms of how I think.
Conservatives are the heirs to the Founders' vision. But we have to act like it.
I have a serious concern about middle-class families being able to afford college.
The one thing that even my staunchest opponents will admit is I'm a straight shooter and that I'm a man of my word.
I like being home for dinner.
People in this country don't realize how tyrannical the Left is. It is phenomenally intolerant of any views other than its own, and it must label them as bad, evil, malodorous in some way.
My view is that homosexual acts - not homosexuality, but homosexual acts - are wrong. They're intrinsically wrong. And I think in a natural-law-based country, it's appropriate to have policies that reflect that... They don't comport with natural law.
I love algebra. Love it.
I don't mind knife fights. I just want the knives to come to the front.
I ran for attorney general to be attorney general.
When one person does something, you look like an outlier. And whether it makes sense or not, the states get a certain level of respect from the courts that other people don't.
Elections are about choices.
I do think a focus on fiscal restraint is a central element of the Tea Party, and thank goodness for it!
The first thing in my oath is to uphold and protect the U.S. Constitution.
It's hard to make me speechless.
I don't believe you back off being pro-life: You don't stop being pro-life because they say you're mean because you're pro-life.
I don't go hunting with kings and princes.
I think it was in 1971 or 1974, the Supreme Court ruled marriage is not a subject that the federal government can exercise jurisdiction over, including the courts. To do that, we would need an amendment to the Constitution.
If you give me enough questions honestly answered, I can get you to the hollow core of any liberal position.
If a corporation can express opinions and be protected in doing so by the First Amendment, then there's no reason logically one wouldn't think they could undertake to enjoy the other rights protected under the First Amendment.
Competition's a good thing.
One of my unique features as a politician is that I am so blunt and so forthright, and I put my cards on the table to such a degree people aren't used to, that there's nothing left to hide.
There's some bells you can't unring.
One of the challenges for lawyers can be explaining, first of all, what the legal issue is and, second, its significance. And both of those are important.
What we can do where we live is advocate again to bring back to life the 10th Amendment, to bring back to life those boundaries in our constitutional system that were supposed to be the critical checks in the checks and balances system. Without them, we lose - gradually, we lose our liberty.
One of the beauties of the Tea Party movement - and the many, many like-minded citizens that don't participate in the Tea Party movement - is the fact that it is independent.
I have been approached to consider an appointment to the Virginia Supreme Court. I am humbled and honored to be considered for such a position, but it is not something that my wife and I have previously contemplated.
I look Italian, but I act Irish.
I would rather we limited - for the sake of transparency - we limited the number of taxes that we had and we were right up front about what they are, how much they are, and so forth.
I don't play golf with presidents.
I was an attorney general. That was - that matters to me, and if you won't obey your own rules, there's no reason to think you'll obey any others.
Every liberal position is built on a fallacy.
Senator Cruz has done well in Republican states.
