I think it's very sad that CNN leads Jeb Bush, down a road by starting off virtually all the questions, "Mr. Trump this, Mister" - I think it's very sad. I watched the first debate, and the first long number of questions were, "Mr. Trump said this, Mr. Trump said that. Mr. Trump" - these poor guys - although, I must tell you, [Rick] Santorum, good guy. Governor [Mike] Huckabee, good guy. They were very nice, and I respect them greatly. But I thought it was very unfair that virtually the entire early portion of the debate was Trump this, Trump that, in order to get ratings, I guess.

I`m the tortoise in the race, but I`m a joyful tortoise.

I don't think a party can aspire to be the majority party if it's the old white guy party.

This president and this is what the focus ought to be, it's not the differences between us, it's Barack Obama does not believe America's leadership in the world is a force for good. He does not believe that our strength is a place where security can take place. He leads from behind. He creates an environment that now we're creating the most unstable situation we've had since the World War II era.

Sixty-five countries doing nothing is not a coalition. We need a strategy. That's the first and foremost thing that we need.

I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms of a poll.

I'm enjoying turning down all requests for interviews. I don't miss being in politics.