We have to remember that our defense is not just a commitment of money, it is a commitment of will.

As far as the nuclear is concerned, I agree. It is the single greatest threat that this country has.

Broad-based, inclusive growth is what we need in America, not more advantages for people at the very top.

I love trade. I'm a free trader, 100 percent. But we [the USA] need smart people making the deals, and we don't have smart people making the deals.

I don't know Putin. I have never met Putin. He is not my best friend.

I left small businesses a little while ago and they were all complaining that Obamacare is putting them out of business. Not only the regulations, which are a disaster and the taxes, but Obamacare is putting them out of business. So you have that concept, the savings accounts, health care. What you really have are ways of getting people energized by take - you have to take down the lines between the state so you have competition.

When you look at what's happening in Mexico, a friend of mine who builds plants said it's the eighth wonder of the world. They're building some of the biggest plants anywhere in the world, some of the most sophisticated, some of the best plants. With the United States, as he said, not so much.