We don't measure our people's success in how they're doing in government. We measure how they are doing in the real world and the private sector economy.

Who among us would ask our children for a loan, so we could spend money we do not have on things we do not need?

Every Republican has a one-liner on ObamaCare. I've got detailed plans on energy independence, on school choice, on health care, on foreign policy. They all hire somebody to write their plans. They can borrow mine. I've actually got ideas. Enough with the slick talkers. Let's elect somebody that's done something.

I'm not running for president to be somebody, I'm running for president to do something!

We need an equal opportunity society, one in which government does not see its job as picking winners and losers. Where do you go if you want special favors? Government. Where do you go if you want a tax break? Government. Where do you go if you want a handout? Government. This must stop.

It's not controversial to say that human activity is contributing in some way. The question is how serious that is.

America didn't create religious liberty. Religious liberty created America.