I believe the world benefits from American leadership. I believe this next century should be an American century.

Growing our economy means allowing individuals, and particularly those in the middle class, to be able to keep more of their money. It also means that people in the middle class and modest incomes to be able to pay for their retirement, to get a down payment for a home, to send a child to college.

I absolutely believe that those who come here illegally should not be given favoritism or a special route to becoming permanent residents or citizens that's not given to those people who have stayed in line legally. I just think we have to follow the law, I think that's the right course.

If we want to get rid of Obamacare, we're going to have to replace President Obama.

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it.

We have to stand for our principles, stand for our allies, stand for a strong military and stand for a stronger economy.

I went to a number of women's groups and said, "Can you help us find folks," and they brought us whole binders full of women.