Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices, tightening our belts.

Given my last position, that I was the first U.S attorney post 9/11 in New Jersey, I understand acutely the pain and sorrow and upset of the family members who lost loved ones that day at the hands of radical Muslim extremists. And their sensitivities and concerns have to be taken into account.

I'm quite sure that no court is telling anybody that they cannot say whatever they want to say.

I love to hug my children. I love to tell them I love them every day before they leave for school or before I leave for work. And I think that's the most important thing you can do as a father is to make sure that your children know they're loved.

Social Security is meant to be - to make sure that no one who's worked hard, and played by the rules, and paid into the system grows old in poverty in America.

Leadership is not about me, it's about our country.

I think we have to focus,on exactly what the priorities are.