Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our kids, and to make our lives better than all the programs of government combined.

Now is the moment when we can stand up and say, 'I'm an American. I make my destiny. And we deserve better! My children deserve better! My family deserves better. My country deserves better!' So here we stand. Americans have a choice.

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

My dad had been born in Mexico and his family had to leave during the Mexican revolution.

Hugo Chavez has tried to steal an inspiring phrase - 'Patria o muerte, venceremos.' It does not belong to him. It belongs to a free Cuba.

I like being able to fire people.

We conservatives don't have a corner on saying no. We're just the ones who say it when it's the right thing to say.