I was in the world of business for 25 years. If you didn't balance your budget, you went out of business.

We respect and honor very deeply those people who decide to serve their country in the military. But we certainly don't denigrate people who choose a different course, particularly when we have an all-volunteer army.

A person should not be elected because of his faith nor should he be rejected because of his faith.

This nation is the hope of the Earth.

I'm a family guy. Most important thing in my life by far is my relationship with my wife and my sons, daughters-in-law, and 18 grandchildren. And for me, this is all about them.

Opportunity expands when there is excellence and choice in education, when taxes are lowered, when every citizen has affordable, portable health insurance and when constitutional freedoms are preserved.

I know what it takes to balance budgets. I have done it my entire life.