Nurses told my mother that I was going to be OK. They thought I could walk without a limp and without a brace. And we stopped in a shoe store on the way home and bought a pair of low-top saddle Oxford shoes, which was sort of a symbol that I was going to be a normal little boy.

Mitch McConnell

The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice.

Mitch McConnell

After adding trillions to the debt on big-government policies most Americans didn't ask for and which we couldn't afford, Democratic leaders say they need more money, which they intend to take from small business, even though small businesses create the majority of new jobs.

Mitch McConnell

My view is that Trump will not change the Republican Party, America's right-of-center party. If he brings in new followers, that's great, and well worth the effort, but he will not change the Republican Party.

Mitch McConnell

The money that goes into Social Security is not the government's money. it's your money. You paid for it.

Mitch McConnell

Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we can and cannot achieve, while at the same recognizing that realism should never be confused with capitulation.

Mitch McConnell

Putin is a former KGB agent. He's a thug. He was not elected in a way that most people would consider a credible election.

Mitch McConnell

We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century.

Mitch McConnell

The fact is, if our primary legislative goals are to repeal and replace the health spending bill; to end the bailouts; cut spending; and shrink the size and scope of government, the only way to do all these things it is to put someone in the White House who won't veto any of these things.

Mitch McConnell

The Senate is allowed to work the way it was designed to - meaning a place where nothing is decided without a good dose of deliberation and debate, as well as input from both the majority and minority parties - it arrives at a result that is acceptable to people all along the political spectrum.

Mitch McConnell

We need to say to everyone on Election Day, 'Those of you who helped make this a good day, you need to go out and help us finish the job.'

Mitch McConnell

I just want to remind everybody that this is an extraordinarily resilient country we live in.

Mitch McConnell

We're a country of five-second sound bites and 30-second commercials. Eight years of one person is just too much.

Mitch McConnell

People are genuinely excited about taking the country in another direction.

Mitch McConnell

Mitt Romney has never been resigned to what someone else said was possible. He cut his own path. That's why he believes in his heart that America has a future full of opportunity and hope. And that's why when Mitt Romney looks down the road, he sees a country that's ready for a comeback.

Mitch McConnell

NATO is the most important military alliance in world history.

Mitch McConnell

Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession.

Mitch McConnell

The bill that job creators and out-of-work Americans need us to pass is the one that ensures taxes won't go up - one that says Americans and small-business owners won't get hit with more bad news at the end of the year.

Mitch McConnell

When you hang the 'bipartisan' tag on something, the perception is that differences have been worked out, and there's a broad agreement that that's the way forward.

Mitch McConnell

Let me speak for myself: The Russians are not our friends.

Mitch McConnell

I'm not going to comment on White House personnel selections.

Mitch McConnell