I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'

There's 6 million people living in poverty today, more than when Barack Obama got elected. 6.5 million people are working part-time, most of whom want to work full-time. We've created rules and taxes on top of every aspiration of people, and the net result is we're not growing fast, income is not growing.

We're sticky at the ends and the middle is getting squeezed

We need to unleash the military in unison with our partners in Europe and the Middle East to be effective.

If we are going to compete in this world we're in today, there is no possible way we can do it with lowering expectations and dumbing down everything. Children are going to suffer and families' hearts are going to be broken that their kids won't be able to get a job in the 21st Century.

I think Detroit would do real well if we started repopulating it with young, aspirational people.

You have to maintain your principles but have a broader appeal.