I'm all about job creation. That's what I've done for ten years as the governor of Texas, and that's what I'm focused on.

Somebody has to tell the E.P.A. that we don't need you monkeying around and fiddling around and getting in our business with every kind of regulation you can dream up. You're doing nothing more than killing jobs. It's a cemetery for jobs at the E.P.A.

Aggies have a really interesting way of admitting defeat. We've never been outscored. We just ran out of time.

Being the Republican front-runner was three of the most exciting hours of my entire life. I've come to grips with it, and the only lasting effect is that I refuse to go on a stage that has more than one podium on it.

We want taxpayers, not tax wasters.

We can't have deficit spending in Texas. You have to balance your budget every two years.

We believe in government involvement that leads to independence: good schools, quality roads and the best health care.