Nobody needs to worry about my toughness.

We need to ensure that the government agencies that are supposed to be regulating the financial system are actually doing their jobs. We must shrink the federal government and hold it accountable - and to do that, we need a leader who understands how bureaucracies work and how to cut them down to size.

The GAO just released a report that said 22 percent of federal programs fail to meet their objectives. The truth is we don't know how taxpayer money is spent in Washington, D.C., which is why I think we ought to put every agency budget up on the Internet for everyone to see.

You can find lots of people like you through technology, and women in particular like communities.

If you have a line of business - I know this as a CEO - or if you have a teenager - I know this as a parent - who have a spending problem, what do you do? You quit giving them money.

The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy.

As president, the first thing I will do is secure the border. It will take money, manpower, and technology - but most of all, it will take political will.