At the end of the day after a few speeches and a lot of campaign stops, I'm more energized than drained.

When you run for president as I have, and you lose, it doesn't mean you stop caring. I care very deeply.

There is no day more joyful in my life than when I see all my family around me. That's the best it gets.

The real people who suffer when business is leaving or not successful are the people in the middle class.

I think people want to see change, want to see something new and Hillary Clinton is just not that person.

I believe that the faith heritage of this country is actually a very important part of America's culture.

I was in the world of business for 25 years. If you didn't balance your budget, you went out of business.

America needs a president who can fix the economy because he understands the economy, and I do and I will.

The answer for healthcare is market incentives, not healthcare by a Godzilla-sized government bureaucracy.

If I'm President of the United States, when I'm President of the United States, we will stand with Israel.

Announcing a withdrawal date, that was wrong. The Taliban may not have watches, but they do have calendars.

There’s no legislation with regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would become part of my agenda.

When I place my hand on the Bible and take the oath of office, that oath becomes my highest promise to God.

Sometimes I wonder whether Washington's liberal politicians truly understand the greatness that is America.

There's no question in my mind that I think I would have been a better president than Barack Obama has been.

Pre-existing conditions for those previously insured must not lead to someone being unable to get insurance.

There are a lot of people who go to Washington or go to their state houses with a personal ambition in mind.

If Israel is attacked, America has their back, not just diplomatically, not just culturally, but militarily.

I think there is need for economic stimulus... and government can help make that up in a very difficult time.

If Bill Weld were at the top of the ticket, it would be very easy for me to vote for Bill Weld for president.

I recognized that if you're going to have women in the workforce that sometimes you need to be more flexible.

If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him.

The greatest threat that the world faces is a nuclear Iran. A nuclear North Korea is already troubling enough.

Mr. President, you were elected to lead. You chose to follow. And now it's time for you to get out of the way.

No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate, they know that this is the place that we were born and raised.

I think that the effort to continue to look for some law to somehow make violence go away is missing the point.

I would love to be president. I just concluded I was not the best person to carry forward the Republican torch.

You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector.

I have a Missouri Fox Trotter. So mine's like a quarter horse, but just a much better gait - it moves very fast.

I think Dodd-Frank has contributed to a concentration of banking assets in the hands of a small number of banks.

President Obama attacks success and therefore under President Obama we have less success and I will change that.

I can never predict what the markets will do. Sometimes it does the exact opposite of what I would have expected.

I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren.

Republicans should never abandon pro-growth conservative principles in an effort to embrace the ideas of Al Gore.

Woody Allen said that 95% of history is explained as a man trying to impress a woman. And that's true in my life.

I believe the world benefits from American leadership. I believe this next century should be an American century.

When it comes to the economy, my highest priority as President will be worrying about your job, not saving my own.

We must persuade Iran not t have nuclear weapons through peaceful and diplomatic means. We want a peaceful planet.

If I have a bad hair day, I just think, 'Well, it will be an OK hair day tomorrow. Just put your head down and go.'

We conservatives don't have a corner on saying no. We're just the ones who say it when it's the right thing to say.

We've got to strengthen our military long-term. We don't know what the world is going to throw at us down the road.

When you give a speech you don't go through a laundry list, you talk about the things that you think are important.

Donald Trump just happens to be one of those who endorsed me I do not want to see as president of the United States.

Staple a green card to their diploma - welcome to the United States of America! We want those people in our country.

Our economy is on the move and we are creating thousands of new jobs, but we need to keep our foot on the gas pedal.

A Pakistan that falls apart, becomes a failed state, would be of extraordinary danger to Afghanistan and to America.

Mr. President, you’re entitled as a president to your own airplane, and to your own house, but not to your own facts.

Together we will build an America where hope is a new job with a paycheck, not a faded word on an old bumper sticker.

Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

China can be our partner, but that doesn't mean they can just roll all over us and steal our jobs on an unfair basis.

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