I got all the respect in the world for the front-runners in this race, but ask yourself: If we replace a Democratic insider with a Republican insider, you think we're really going to change Washington, D.C.? You don't have to settle for Washington and Wall Street insiders who supported the Wall Street bailout and the Obamacare individual mandate.

It takes balls to execute an innocent man.

You got to have a courageous president to stand up and says, listen, if - if you send a bill to me that spends more money than what we've coming in, I'll veto it. I mean, I'm going to try to work with you the best I can, but I'm going to veto it.

Texas created more jobs in 2008 than the rest of the states - combined.

Those jobs flee other states because of factors like excessive taxation, punitive regulation and frivolous lawsuits.

When I make a vow to God, then I would suggest to you that's even stronger than a handshake in Texas.

One of the reasons that Im running for president is I want to make sure that every young man and woman who puts on the uniform of the United States respects highly the president of the United States.