I think I can fix the problems in Washington that people desperately want to see fixed.

I've had a life experience that's full of warts, full of successes.

I think we need to lift our spirits and have high, lofty expectations for this great country of ours.The new normal of two percent [growth] that the left is saying you can't do anything about is so dangerous for our country.

I kind of know what my job is, it's to develop a message that's hopeful and optimistic about the future of the country, to develop ideas that will give people a sense that they can lift up, and to tell them about my leadership skills to make it so.

Stand your ground means stand your ground. It doesn't mean chase after somebody who's turned their back.

They called me Veto Corleone. Because I vetoed 2,500 separate line-items in the budget.

Barack Obama became president, and he abandoned Iraq. He left, and when he left Al Qaida was done for. ISIS was created because of the void that we left, and that void now exists as a caliphate the size of Indiana.