Half of the interview is substantive and half of it I think is sizing the person up.

The good news is, we have a huge opportunity here because the President`s [Barack Obama] policies have failed.

There's a direct link between percentage of young people that are educated and how we live our lives.

We mustn't assume that we are going to deinvent government solely from inside the Beltway or within one or two sessions of Congress. We will do it one step at a time, in one community at a time - at the local level and through local institutions like churches, nonprofit and volunteer organizations and families.

There should be full engagement to protect our country from a grave threat, which is the weakest foreign policy since Jimmy Carter.

Work needs to be the single biggest requirements. No more waivers as this administration has done. There should be real work eligibility.

We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis.