When you are running for the presidency of the United States, you have to expect that you are going to have attacks by all sides.

I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start listening to me here?' Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we've got to rein in the spending.

I made a decision when I ran for president that I wouldn't whine about my coverage in the media, and I never did.

I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal government to borrow more money that we don't have, and we borrow it for the purpose of spending it.

Mitt Romney understands the private sector, he understands how profit is created, and he isn't embarrassed by it.

We must never forget what government is not. Government is not a philanthropic organization. Government is not the family. And government certainly is not the church.

Never in the history of the United States have we cut back on troops when we've been at war.