We have to understand that America can't just surrender and lose jobs year in and year out. We have to say to our friend in China, look, you guys are playing aggressively. We understand it. But this can't keep on going. You can't keep on holding down the value of your currency, stealing our intellectual property, counterfeiting our products, selling them around the world, even to the United States.

I'm not in favor of privatizing Social Security or making cuts.

I try and make it to the word exactly what I said four years ago and what I said was that those who've come here illegally should not be given a special pathway, a favored pathway to become permanent residents merely by virtue of having come here illegally. That they should be in line with everybody - they should be given the opportunity to get in line with everybody else but they go to the back of the line.

Frankly if I had paid more than are legally due I don't think I'd be qualified to become president.

If I'm president, America will be very strong.

Let Detroit go bankrupt.

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