Mitt Romney Quotes

The middle income families in America have been crushed over the last four years.

ObamaCare (modeled almost precisely on RomneyCare) is wrong; it was bad medicine; it's bad for the economy, and I will repeal it.

The invisible hand of the market always moves faster and better than the heavy hand of government.

Who let the dogs out? Who, who.

For me, politics is not a career. For me, my career was being in business and starting a business and making it successful. My - my life's passion has been my family, my faith, and my country.

I like PBS. I love Big Bird ... But I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it.

You don't have to be larger than life to be a hero, just larger than yourself.

The greatest threat that the world faces, the greatest national security threat is a nuclear Iran.

When you give a speech you don't go through a laundry list, you talk about the things that you think are important.

If you felt that excitement when you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's President Obama? You know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him.

In order to become a success, a business doesn't just have to do well, it has to to better than its competitors. Being number one isn't just about bragging rights. Often it means the difference between prospering and merely hanging on.

That's a big lava lamp. Congratulations.

I understand what it takes to - to make a bright and prosperous future for America again. I - I spent my life in the private sector, not in government. I’m a guy who wants to help, with the experience I have, the American people.

You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector.

Only FREEDOM has ever been the answer to poverty.

It strikes me as odd that the free exercise of religious faith is sometimes treated as a problem, something America is stuck with instead of blessed with.

People who are government servants, public servants, should not be paid more than the taxpayers who are paying for it.

Mr. President, you’re entitled as a president to your own airplane, and to your own house, but not to your own facts.

Seeing Syria remove Assad is a very high priority for America.

I like the fact that most of the cars I see are Detroit-made automobiles. I drive a Mustang and a Chevy pickup truck. Ann drives a couple of Cadillacs, actually.

I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there.

Government does not create jobs. Government does not create jobs.

I believe we should use any and all means necessary to take out people who pose a threat to us and our friends around the world.

No one is talking about restructuring Social Security or Medicare for current retirees or for those that are near retirement. For those under 55, the answer is let's talk about it.

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

Every piece of legislation which came to my desk in the coming years as the governor, I came down on the side of preserving the sanctity of life.

It was absolutely critical to renew the Bush tax cuts. Letting them expire would result in a massive tax increase that would retard economic growth.

We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.

Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

You can't control Ted Cruz for instance. No one has suggested you could do that and Marco Rubio, everyone tried to stop Marco Rubio from going against a sitting Republican governor in Florida. He did it anyway and won.

I'm sorry, there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement, and I concurred in that, and said that we should have some number of troops that stayed on. That was something I concurred with.

America can compete with anyone in the world as long as the playing field is level. China's been cheating over the years. One by holding down the value of their currency. Number two, by stealing our intellectual property; our designs, our patents, our technology. We will have to have people play on a fair basis.

The right way to deal with healthcare reform is not to have a one-size-fits-all plan that's imposed on all the states, but recognizing the differences between different states' populations, states should be able to craft their own plans to get all their citizens insured, and to make sure that preexisting conditions are covered.

It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam.

People are taking a closer look at Donald Trump. I think the best look they got was at the last debate. I think Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio prosecuted their case effectively. Donald doesn't have some great answers. When they talk, for instance, about immigration and releasing those tapes from The New York Times, we began talking about flexibility and immigration.

Real change isn't measured with words, it is measured with real achievements.

Internationally, President Obama has adopted an appeasement strategy. He believes America's role as leader in the world is a thing of the past. I believe a strong America must - and will - lead the future.

I bathe in statistics.

I will work and fight for stem cell research.

America is the hope of the earth.

And let me make this very clear - unlike President Obama, I will not raise taxes on the middle class. As president, I will protect the sanctity of life. I will honor the institution of marriage. And I will guarantee America's first liberty: the freedom of religion.

I've met graduating college kids facing loan payments and a bad economy, and they are worried that they won't be able to get a job. This is not the way America needs to be.

It's so critical that we make America once again the most attractive place in the world to start businesses, to build jobs, to grow the economy. And that's not going to happen by just hiring teachers.

America's military is second to none in the world. We're blessed with terrific soldiers, and extraordinary technology and intelligence. But the idea of a trillion dollars in cuts through sequestration and budget cuts to the military would change that.

Announcing a withdrawal date, that was wrong. The Taliban may not have watches, but they do have calendars.

Iran's nuclearization is the greatest single national security threat America faces.

Donald Trump talks about how he's not going to be controlled by the moneyed interests. Do people understand that he's not giving money to his campaign, he's loaning it because he expects to get money back from those same big donors he decries right now? He's planning on running a general election based upon raising money from those very people.

Endorsed by Bob Jones, despite calling Mormonism a "cult".