This country could use a president like Benjamin Franklin again.

Our nation needs to stop doing for people what they can and should do for themselves. Self reliance means, if anyone will not work, neither should he eat.

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

What people recognize is that there's a fear that the United States is in an unstoppable decline. They see the rise of China, the rise of India, the rise of the Soviet Union and our loss militarily going forward.

All voodoo, nonsense, hokum, a hoax.

We need a strong, bold constitutional conservative who won't back down and who will fight for the values we believe in. That's what we need for our nominee, whether it is me or whether it is someone else.

I have a very strong, very proven record that I am not a compromiser. [...] I have a spine made out of titanium.