Virgil Goode

“The progress in Iraq has not been without cost.”

“When I raise my hand to take the oath on Swearing In Day, I will have the Bible in my other hand. I do not subscribe to using the Koran in any way.”

“For more than two centuries, the defenders of liberty have put their lives on the line, because they have known that we cannot take our freedoms for granted.”

“We need to stop illegal immigration totally and reduce legal immigration and end the diversity visas policy pushed hard by President Clinton and allowing many persons from the Middle East to come to this country.”

“We should do what Obama and Romney won't do: Concentrate on Americans.”

“All of us who serve in the House of Representatives and the Senate pay into Social Security.”

“The fact that the price of gasoline has declined some in recent weeks must not allow Americans to be lulled into a false sense of security. Energy independence must rank along with border security as the top priorities of the United States.”

“A Muslim student came by the office and asked why I did not have anything on my wall about the Koran. My response was clear, 'As long as I have the honor of representing the citizens of the 5th District of Virginia in the United States House of Representatives, the Koran is not going to be on the wall of my office.'”

“The difference between Obama and Romney is the difference between tweedledum and tweedledee.”

“I'm for a balanced budget now.”

“You've just got to be honest and straightforward.”

“It's time we had a president who stood up for American workers first.”

“Only in the last week, South Carolina announced that it is seeking to become the U. S. center for hydrogen fuel cells, and BMW revealed that it will power some of its high-end model cars with hydrogen.”

“Every company that comes into the office for appropriations, the first thing I ask is how many jobs are you going to bring to the 5th District that are not already there.”

“I am vigorously opposed to the Mexican trucks coming into the country. The way we have done it and, I think, the way we should do it in the future, is to have the goods come into the United States from Mexico within a 20-mile commercial space and unloaded from Mexican trucks into U.S. trucks.”

“I fear that in the next century we will have many more Muslims in the United States if we do not adopt the strict immigration policies that I believe are necessary to preserve the values and beliefs traditional to the United States of America and to prevent our resources from being swamped.”

“If the massive invasion is not stopped, we are going to be flooded to the extent that we will drift into third world status. For our children and for our grandchildren, we cannot fail on this issue.”

“I can tell you, if I'm elected president, it won't be on the Koran, and it won't be on the Book of Mormon.”

“I think most people have a general idea of the Constitution, and somewhat of the Bill of Rights.”

“We can stay in Afghanistan and the Middle East forever, and it won't make a difference.”