The truth is, I was afraid the day I walked into Stanford. And I was afraid the day I walked out.

I come from a world where accountability and accomplishments matter, and where titles and rhetoric take a back seat to results.

You know, Californians care about protecting their environment. So do I. But they also care about that in the context of a healthy economy.

Citizens, it is time to take our country back from the political class, from the media, from the liberal elite.

Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.

When Iran continues to get away with bad behavior, what do our allies who are Iran's enemies think about us? It is why we cannot stand by while Russia allies itself with Iran. You can't outsource American leadership to Russia. Russia isn't on our side. They're on their side and Iran's side.

Politics is different than business.