Mike Pence Quotations

While that amendment failed, human cloning continues to advance and the breakthrough in this unethical and morally questionable science is around the corner.

The American economy has been built and sustained by risk-taking entrepreneurs whose pioneering ideas and hard work gave birth to flourishing businesses.

I believe in servant leadership, and the servant always asks, 'Where am I needed most?'

Sadly, embryonic stem cell research is completely legal in this country and has been going on at universities and research facilities for years.

The conservative movement today is like that tall ship with its proud captain: strong, accomplished but veering off course into the dangerous and uncharted waters of big government republicanism.

For more than forty years, the United States Congress has shamelessly used payroll taxes intended for Social Security to fund big government spending.

Years ago on my radio show, I used to say, 'I'm a conservative, but I'm not in a bad mood about it.' I've always believed that civility in heavy doses is essential in self-government.

To date, embryonic stem cell research has not produced a single medical treatment, where ethical, adult stem cell research has produced some 67 medical miracles.

We are here simply to decide whether Congress should take the taxpayer dollars of millions of pro-life Americans and use them to fund the destruction of human embryos for research

The presidency is the most visible thread that runs through the tapestry of the American government. More often than not, for good or for ill, it sets the tone for the other branches and spurs the expectations of the people.

Well the truth is, Republicans didn't just lose a few elections, we lost our way.

And conservatives know that if you reject these principles of limited government and urge others to reject them you can be my ally, you can be my friend but you cannot call yourself a conservative.

The true legacy of 9-11 cannot be found among political leaders of the day, but in the citizen soldiers and public safety personnel who answered that day with courage and selflessness.

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana does not give anyone the right to deny services to anyone in this state. It is simply a balancing test used by our federal courts and jurisdictions across the country for more than two decades.

Uh, do I believe in evolution? I embrace the view that God created the heavens and the earth, the seas and all that's in them. The means that he used to do that, I can't say, but I do believe in that fundamental truth.

I'm a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order.

No one should be harassed or mistreated because of who they are, who they love, or what they believe.

I strongly oppose the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. We must stand for the right of every American to practice their faith according to the dictates of their conscience, whether it be in the public square or in the workplace.

Several millennia ago, the words were written that a man should leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. It was not our idea; it was God's idea.

And my Christianity, first and foremost, governed the way that I tried to deal with people.

It's time to stop the raid on the Social Security trust fund and start allowing Americans to invest their Social Security taxes in personal savings accounts

Power is an instrument of fatal consequence. It is confined no more readily than quicksilver, and escapes good intentions as easily as air flows through mesh.

You know, Hoosiers recognize pork when we see it. And they recognize what bailing out every failing business in America means - We're burying generations under a mountain range of debt.

The anguish in London is a vivid reminder of why we cannot relent in taking the steps necessary to defend our homeland from the present terrorist threat.

makes a powerful case that Congress should reconsider before we create this massive new government entitlement.

I believe we have an historic opportunity to close this hole in the First Amendment.

Here in Indiana, we run a nationally-recognized program called the Healthy Indiana Plan. The Healthy Indiana Plan offers the uninsured an affordable health care plan with savings accounts that they control.

I abhor discrimination. The way I was raised was like most Hoosiers, with the golden rule, that you should do unto others what you'd have them do unto you.

We must ensure that a catastrophe of nature does not become a catastrophe of debt for our children and grandchildren.

If I saw a restaurant owner refuse to serve a gay couple, I wouldn't eat there anymore. As governor of Indiana, if I were presented a bill that legalized discrimination against any person or group, I would veto it.

If I only had 12 years left to live, I'd want to live it as a member of Congress because that was the 12 longest years of my life.

I was concerned that the ship of conservative governance was veering off course into the dangerous uncharted waters of big government Republicanism.

I said after 2006 that Republicans didn't just lose our majority, we lost our way. I mean, our party walked away from the principles that men in our national governing majority first in 1980 and again in 1994, and the American people walked away from us.

It is a tragedy indeed that new generations, taking office, attribute failures in governance to insufficient power, and seek more of it.

While 16 provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire at the end of this year, the threat of terrorism to our families and our cities will not.

We want to make it clear that Indiana's open for business. We want to make it clear that Hoosier hospitality is not a slogan, it's our way of life. It's the reason why people come here from around the world and they come back again and again. Because Hoosiers are the kindest, most generous, most decent people in the world.

When I was home this weekend, no one I talked to had any interest in talking about who was to blame for Hurricane Katrina. But almost everyone wanted to talk about how we're going to pay for it.

To those who say it would be too difficult to repeal and replace Obamacare, I say it's a two step process. We repeal the Pelosi Congress in 2010 and replace the Obama Administration in 2012.

We have no higher stewardship, no higher calling than to come onto this floor and into this chamber and make the tough decisions.

What I want the Congress of the United States to do, and frankly what I would like to see the President of the United States of America do, is speak a word of support to the people of Iran.

The so-called 'Employee Free Choice Act' envisions a world where workers would be denied privacy and forced to vote in an atmosphere of intimidation.

Some (soldiers) were worried that the resources they need might be diverted, ... I assured them I would do what was needed to win the war and get them home safe.

Fighting for free enterprise means standing up for free markets. The freedom to succeed includes the freedom to fail. We must defend entrepreneurial capitalism against the onslaught of the American Left.

Now is the time for us to begin to make the tough choices.

Now is the time for us to begin to make the tough choices necessary to ensure that a catastrophe of nature does not become a catastrophe of debt for our children and our grandchildren.

Now is the time to make tough choices to ensure a catastrophe of nature doesn't become a catastrophe of debt.

Average Americans in all 50 states are reaching into their pocketbooks and investing in relief and recovery efforts. The power and symbol of members of Congress doing that, regardless of the size of the contribution, could be very important.

Back in Indiana, when a tree falls on your house, first you tend to the wounded, then you start to clean up, and then your family sits down and figures out to pay for it, ... Operation Offset.

There's going to be no compromise on repealing Obamacare lock, stock and barrel.

I'm a small-town kid who grew up with a cornfield in the back yard and dreaming of serving my country in public office.

It's time for conservative Americans to do what Reagan did.

Don't Ask, Don't Tell was a successful compromise in 1993; and so that compromise should remain.

In promoting national security, economic prosperity and the sanctity of human life, conservatives made measurable gains in 2003.

There was an element of the last straw in this,

The most secular, atheist historian on the planet would have to grant that the entire legal system of Western civilization pivots off those tablets.

And it is my fervent hope and prayer, as we stand at the crossroads between science and the sanctity of life, that we will choose life.

It's time to save the U.N. from its own scandals and mismanagement. It's time for U.N. Reform with teeth.

I truly believe that firearms in the hands of law abiding citizen's makes our families and our communities more safe, not less safe.

As we approached, there was a large column of black smoke billowing from the far end of the base,

As we begin this debate, I am confident that we will hear the supporters of this bill argue in the name of Ronald Reagan that this research is consistent with his long-held views about the sanctity of life.

It's simply time we restore fiscal discipline to this process and pay for these expenditures by making choices among competing spending priorities.

As a conservative, I believe the only real check on government is a free press, ... And as someone who believes in limited government, I believe nothing is more conservative than promoting and protecting the principle of a free press.

We simply cannot break the bank of the federal budget,

It is our sense that the American people want Congress to do something ... to pay for Katrina, and anything less than that will be a disappointment to millions of Americans.

There's a lot of miles between the saying and the doing here on Capitol Hill.

I believe 2006 will be the toughest year for the Republican majority since they came to power in 1994,

The President reminded us that the war in Iraq is a central battlefield in the war on terror that began the morning of September the 11th.

My fellow Republicans, when Donald Trump becomes president of the United States of America, the change will be huge.

Well, I think the reality is that as you study - when President Kennedy cut marginal tax rates, when Ronald Reagan cut marginal tax rates, when President Bush imposed those tax cuts, they actually generated economic growth. They expanded the economy. They expand tax revenues.

This is a very challenging time in the life of our nation. Weakened America's place in the world after the leadership of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on the world stage has been followed by an economy that is truly struggling, stifled by an avalanche of more taxes, more regulations, Obamacare, the war on coal and the kind of trade deals that put American workers in the back seat.

Adult stem cell research has produced some 67 medical miracles

The government competes in the private sector the way an alligator competes with a duck.

Our founders insisted that protecting the states' power to govern themselves was vital to limit the power of Washington and preserve freedom.

The truth is that this culture of political correctness has tied the hands of law enforcement around the USA.

The reality is the cap-and-trade legislation offered by the Democrats amounts to an economic declaration of war on the Midwest by liberals on Capitol Hill.

As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe that the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press.

As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press. A free press ensures the flow of information to the public, and let me say, during a time when the role of government in our lives and in our enterprises seems to grow every day--both at home and abroad--ensuring the vitality of a free and independent press is more important than ever.

I think it's inarguable that Vladimir Putin has been a stronger leader in his country than Barack Obama has been in this country.

However long I serve in public life, I'll stand on that basic liberty of the right to keep and bear arms.

I think I've always believed in Ronald Reagan's adage, "Peace through Strength." Let's grow stronger on a transatlantic basis in our economies.

The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of our constitutional guarantee for all persons of this country.

When people take greater ownership of their own health care and are encouraged to do that in a health plan, their health gets better. They pursue more wellness opportunities.

In Indiana, the Affordable Care Act will raise the average cost of health insurance in the individual market by an unaffordable 72 percent.

I think enhanced interrogation saved lives.

It is a rare piece of legislation indeed where there is so much agreement about the goals.

Like every American, I will never forget where I was on the morning of September 11, 2001. As a member of Congress from Indiana, that day my duties took me to Capitol Hill and to sights and sounds I will never forget.

Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues.

It's time to save the U.N. from its own scandals and mismanagement. It's time for U.N. Reform with teeth

It's time for conservative Americans to right the ship again

In the last four years under the Patriot Act, we have seen a great increase in the ability of law enforcement officials to investigate and track terrorists

I have prayed with the families and wept at the funerals of Hoosiers who did not shrink from 9-11 but grew into heroes whose names will forever be engraved in the heart of a grateful nation.

I long for the day that "Roe v. Wade" is sent to the ash heap of history.

Whether it's called 'compassionate conservatism' or 'big government Republicanism,' after years of record increases in federal spending, more government is now the accepted Republican philosophy in Washington.

Budgets are moral documents. Federal funding should reflect the priorities and the values of the majority of the American people.

All we're getting from the Democratic majority in Congress and from this White House is more bailouts, more spending, more planned stimulus, more deficits and debt, and the American people have had it.

Torture is illegal. Torture is banned by various provisions of the law. I support that.

A republic - if you can keep it - is about limitation, and for good reason, because we are mortal and our actions are imperfect.

The American people know what's necessary to get this economy moving again. It's fiscal discipline in Washington, D.C. and across-the-board tax relief for working families, small businesses and family farms.

The United States of America needs to begin to exercise strong leadership to protect the vulnerable citizens and over 100,000 children in Aleppo.

Let's win the peace and democracy the good people of Iraq so richly deserve after decades of tyranny.