“My mother lived through the Great Depression. Her family of 11 childre...” — Chuck Norris Quote

“My mother lived through the Great Depression. Her family of 11 children pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and moved to wherever there was work at the time. And in rural Oklahoma, that wasn't easy to find.”

“It's important to concede that modern pesticides have helped to make farming more productive and to increase yields.”

“In times of conflict, our citizens have always been able to rise to the challenge. Maybe no greater example of that ability is found during the onset of World War II.”

“America always pivots between collective responsibility and the idea that the individual can pull himself up by his bootstraps.”

“I don't believe in that kind of American John Wayne individualism where people pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Someone changed your diapers. And if that's the case, you ain't self-made.”

“We represent a hustler. I think we represent inspiration. I think we represent, you know, staying down. I think we represent building yourself up from the bootstraps.”