Don't tear other people down. Lift people up.

I wonder if it's possible to be a Republican and a Christian at the same time.

We need banking. I mean, right now, there are so many places in America where the banks are not doing what they need to do because they're scared of regulations, they're scared of the other shoe dropping, they're just plain scared,so credit is not flowing the way it needs to to restart economic growth.

I believe, and that is that I am the strongest candidate to take it to the Republicans and win in November [2016].

I have said publicly no option should be off the table, but I would certainly take nuclear weapons off the table.

Great nations need organizing principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle.

Children's lives are not shaped solely by their families or immediate surroundings at large. That is why we must avoid the false dichotomy that says only government or only family is responsible. . . . Personal values and national policies must both play a role.