"You don't need to be smart to be president"
--Republican Congressman J.C. Watts

"Rarely is the question asked: is our children learning"
--Florence, SC, Jan. 11, 2000

"I was raised in the West. The west of Texas. It's pretty close to California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to California."
--Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2000

"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."
--Greater Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000

"It's your money. You paid for it."
--LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully"
--Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000

"Will the highways on the Internet become more few?"
--Concord, N.H., Jan. 29, 2000