I think the minimum wage ought to keep pace with inflation.

Government is taking 40 percent of the GDP. And that's at the state, local and federal level. President Obama has taken government spending at the federal level from 20 percent to 25 percent. Look, at some point, you cease being a free economy, and you become a government economy. And we've got to stop that.

I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia, or Mr. Putin.

It kills me not to be there, not to be in the White House doing what needs to be done.

Actually, I didn't say that.

If people are looking for someone who has never changed their mind and is unwilling to admit they make mistakes, that's not me.

That business we started with 10 people has now grown into a great American success story. Some of the companies we helped start are names you know. An office supply company called Staples – where I’m pleased to see the Obama campaign has been shopping; The Sports Authority, which became a favorite of my sons. We started an early childhood learning center called Bright Horizons that First Lady Michelle Obama rightly praised. At a time when nobody thought we’d ever see a new steel mill built in America, we took a chance and built one in a corn field in Indiana.