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Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped.

'No' is an entire sentence in itself. No means no, and when somebody says it, you need to stop.

Saying 'no' to very bad legislation is not wrong. In fact, when the American people tell you that they don't want the health care bill, you've got a responsibility to say no.

I refuse to go along with the status quo of more wasteful federal spending, and I refuse to let the Obama Administration continue to force their misguided ideology through regulatory overreach.

I don't like saying 'no' to people, and I'm going to have to learn how to say 'no' more.

When you're young, you think you can do anything, and that was really a gift. That's why I can never understand someone telling me 'no' today. 'No' just isn't an option.

We conservatives don't have a corner on saying 'no'. We're just the ones who say it when it's the right thing to say.

I opposed Clinton's budget deal in 1997 because he brought in $115 billion cut in Medicare that created greater pressure for providers not to participate.

And on this you have my pledge - unlike in the past, when you stood up and did what was right, this governor will not pull the rug out from underneath you - I will sign strong reform bills.

Honest people can disagree on policy. But where there can be no honest disagreement is the need to change our nation's debt course.