I'm not going to say to Putin that he'll get more flexibility after the election. After the election he'll get more backbone.

I want to get America's private sector growing and I know how to do it.

My leadership will end the Obama era and begin a new era of American prosperity.

As president, I will create 12 million new jobs.

I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair, I'll fix it.

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what.

I think that we should give visas to people - green cards, rather, to people who graduate with skills that we need. People around the world with accredited degrees in science and math get a green card stapled to their diploma, come to the U.S. of A. We should make sure our legal system works.