I would set aside all these budget cuts that are going to devastate the F.B.I., the C.I.A., and the N.S.A. Sequestration, cuts, are not only gutting the military, they're gutting the F.B.I. So if I were president, I would set these cuts aside. I would reinstate the N.S.A. program as robust as possible within the constitutional limits.

The fundamental problem of Obamacare is the insurance mandates. When you mandate what has to be insurance, it elevates the price. And when you tell people they can buy insurance after they're sick, they will. And you get what's called adverse selection.

The problem is that in our country, they make it almost impossible for politicians to win anything. In England it's easier to win a libel suit.

The people who get the ability to use force have to be watched carefully by civilians to make sure they don't use it excessively.

We all either work for rich people or we sell stuff to rich people, so just punishing rich people is as bad for the economy as punishing anyone. Let's not punish anyone.

I think that we have to be very careful about who comes here from the Middle East.

We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.