People are starving for that coming out of Washington. And it's not a Democrat thing or a Republican thing. I think it's a politician thing.

Military action is never the first thing that you jump to. You always look at other possibilities, including economic sanctions, tightening the screws.

There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren't getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society.

I've had a lot of experience building things, organizing things, a national scholarship program.

If someone has a Muslim background and they're willing to reject those tenets and to accept the way of life that we have and clearly will swear to place our [American] Constitution above their religion, then, of course, they will be considered infidels and heretics, but at least I would then be quite willing to support them.

Ruthless is not necessarily the word I would use, but tough, resolute, understanding what the problems are, and understanding that the job of the president of the United States is to protect the people of this country and to do what is necessary in order to get it done.

Nobody is starving on the streets. We've always taken care of them. We take care of our own; we always have. It is not the government's responsibility.