Quotes By Mike Huckabee

Now, have I ever been tempted to break into a Krispy Kreme doughnut store in the middle of the night? Oh, yeah. God help us if I had a minibar stocked with cheesecake and chicken-fried steak.

Prayer reminds me it's not just about me. It's about all the people with whom I share this planet, and all of whom God has created, and all of whom he cares just as much about as he cares about me.

Inside every human being there are treasures to unlock.

I'm a strong advocate for music. I think guitars are wonderful.

Americans different in some maybe thoughts or emphasis still have the same ideas. They want a government that lets them be free, that leaves them alone, that doesn't interrupt and interfere with every aspect of their life, that lets them go to work and keep more of what they've worked hard to have.

Do you realize that if we could increase just by 50 percent the number of adults who have a college degree, it would add $5 billion to the economy and it would result in a net income to the state of Arkansas of $340 million a year?

I've always suggested if you can't stand the sight of your own blood, don't run for office.

I wish we would all remember that being American is not just about the freedom we have; it is about those who gave it to us.

I think people forget that bipartisanship is really the burden of the victor, not the loser.

Arkansas is a state where politics is retail.

I support workplace clean air. But a federal ban on smoking would mean that you couldn't smoke in your own home. I don't care what people do in their home.

It's when ordinary people rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity that milestones truly are reached.

You know, in my hometown of Hope, Arkansas, the three sacred heroes were Jesus, Elvis, and FDR, not necessarily in that order.

All of my children are ideologically and politically in sync with me, they all have authentic Christian faith. It's something I'm very grateful for.

The Bible, however, was not created to be amended and altered with each passing culture.

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.

I have a little pocket Bible that I have with me all the time in my briefcase, and so usually in the mornings, sometimes on the campaign bus or plane, I always try to catch some time to do that regularly.

If I had quietly retired as governor in 2007 and went into banking or something of that nature, I would have been, at most, a footnote in the story and probably never mentioned.

I would describe myself as a 'total conservative, a conscientious one.'

The fact is, my friends, most Americans don't want more government. They want less government.

If consumers make better choices, the marketplace will change.

No one is more important to the future of our state than our teachers.

Pray a little more, work a little harder, save, wait, be patient and, most of all, live within our means. That's the American way. It's not spending ourselves into prosperity or taxing ourselves into prosperity.

A Republican in my state of Arkansas feels about as out of place as Michael Vick at the West Minister dog show.

Politics has become unbelievably and unfortunately way too much about how much money is involved rather than what kind of ideas are involved.

For me, running for office is never about trying to destroy an opponent, be it Democratic or Republican. It really ought to be about how can we solve some problems that we're facing.

Divorce is one of the key predictors of poverty for a child growing up in a home that's broken.

The best way is to say that as a Christian for me the essence of Christian faith is that you treat others as if you wish to be treated.

Fear is a very explosive emotion, but it has a short life span. It's the sprint. The marathon is hope.

So when we're really addressing issues like poverty, you can't do that without addressing the real driver of some of those, which is stable homes, families. So that's why to me those issues are important. They're not frivolous. They're critical economic issues.