I heard Nixon speak. He was talking about free enterprise, getting the government off your back, lowering the taxes and strengthening the military. Listening to Nixon speak sounded more like a breath of fresh air. I said to my friend, I said, "What party is he?" My friend said, "He's a Republican." I said, "Then I am a Republican."

When you build a career, you should never imitate anybody.

You go back to the gym and you just do it again and again until you get it right.

Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can't run a state.

Climate change: I say the debate is over. We know the science, we see the threat and we know that the time for action is now

I admired Hitler, for instance, because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education, up to power. I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for what he did with it.

As governor I have seen the tremendous changes over the last few years; the amount of land that we have lost, the trees that we have lost, the homes that we have lost, lives that have been lost, and it is due to a large extent to global warming.