You have to take calculated risks in life.

You know why I got involved in politics? The government is now a majority partner in my life. I am now a minority partner in my own life.

I want the American people to focus on is that we can generate a tremendous amount of energy revenues as result of new taxes coming off of the energy that's underneath the ground here in the United States.

Today, the message is that we have to help the middle class and the aspirational worker in the United States.

I'm a straight-talking person. Did I make mistakes, absolutely. But I enjoy being a straight-up guy today and in the future.

What I know is that if you put the right policies in place that will lead to economic growth, society will be better.

Let me give you really bad news, and I'm sure people will demonize me for saying this: the rich are always gonna be with us. They will always be with us. There are rich people in Cuba. There are rich people in Venezuela. You pick the policies, and the rich are gonna figure it out. They're always gonna be rich.