Quotes by Mike Huckabee

“The health care system is really designed to reward you for being unhealthy. If you are a healthy person and work hard to be healthy, there are no benefits.”

“Inside every human being there are treasures to unlock.”

“Its when ordinary people rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity that milestones truly are reached.”

“How could I get up there and say, People, weve got to do better, when I was the poster child for everything that was wrong? Ive always believed leaders dont ask others to do what theyre unwilling to do.”

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

“There is a crisis in America. That crisis is divorce. It is easier to get out of a marriage than (to get out of a) contract to buy a used car.”

“Pray a little more, work a little harder, save, wait, be patient and, most of all, live within our means. Thats the American way. Its not spending ourselves into prosperity or taxing ourselves into prosperity.”

“Great things are rarely easy things. They are most often risky things, with just as great a chance for failure as for success.”

“I liked gravy poured on top of a big glob of mashed potatoes, I liked biscuits a lot, and a lot of them. I liked going to the state fair and having a fried Twinkie. They were my choices. They were bad choices.”

“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?”

It will be like having an extreme close-up in high definition to examine each freckle, while failing to notice whether the person is even wearing pants.

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

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

I was a timid little guy when I was a kid. I used humor as a defense; I became the class clown. But deep inside, I felt real vulnerable.

Most single moms are very poor, uneducated, cant get a job, and if it werent for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death and never have health care. And thats the story that were not seeing, and its unfortunate that we glorify and glamorize the idea of out of children wedlock.

I think at the heart of the pro-life movement is the idea that all people are created equal, endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights starting with life.

Doesnt matter whether its a teen girl whos pregnant, hasnt told her parents, or an elderly couple dealing with one of them being diagnosed with Alzheimers. Those are real people to me. Those are the people I dealt with every single day.

Christian conservatives care about their families eating. Theyre concerned about energy independence. Theyre concerned about functional government.

I think America is in trouble, but its not beyond repair. But its going to take leadership who sees the greatness of this country and who believes that, once again, we can be one nation under God.

I did every diet: Atkins. Cabbage-soup diet. Dean Ornish. But I couldnt live the rest of my life like a rabbit.