Happiness, for me, is a function of the number of people I love, and I think joy and happiness is directly related to how many people are in our lives and how deeply we are bonded with those people. And so I'm happy if I'm with Ann; I'm happier if I'm also with my family and my grandchildren.

It's not government that makes business successful. It's not government investments that makes businesses grow and hire people.

When it comes to the economy, my highest priority as President will be worrying about your job, not saving my own.

There are a lot of reasons not to elect me...

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 running for office, for Pete's sake, I can't have illegals.

No punishment for women who have partial birth abortions.