If you apply conservative principles and you stick with it, and you have the leadership skills to bring people toward the cause, you can move the needle on these things, i reject the notion that we can't solve problems, that the gridlock is too enormous to forge consensus. It requires some creativity to get to a win for everybody.

I ended Affirmative Action by executive order and replaced it with a leadership model that created more opportunities for African-American and Hispanic students.

I think this transition to a candidacy will allow me to be more direct about my advocacy of the leadership skills necessary for the next president to fix a few things, and as a candidate, contrary to someone who has been listening and learning along the way, I'll offer up alternatives to the path we're on as well, so I'll be more specific on policy.

I'm not an expert on the ways of Washington [but] it makes no sense to me that we're not funding control of our border.

I know what I don't know. I would seek out, as I have, the best advice that exists. I won't get my information from the shows.

I will support the Republican nominee.

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