Americans want government that is leaner, more efficient, and less intrusive into their personal lives.

Running for the presidency's not an IQ test.

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.

I come by my conservatism authentically, not by convenience. And I offer the American people a new direction.

But if you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state for no other reason than they've been brought there by no fault of their own, I don't think you have a heart. We need to be educating these children, because they will become a drag on our society.

I supported Arizona's immigration law by joining in that lawsuit to defend it. Every day I have Texans on that border that are doing their job.

We have to identify everybody that's here, and there's going to be an appropriate discussion in Congress on how to deal with an individual who has been here maybe for some long period of time. Amnesty is not on the table period. There will be no amnesty in the United States. We're a country of law and the idea that we're going to tell people that somehow or another that that's all forgiven is not going to happen. How we deal with them is a conversation. I don't know if I know all the answers. I want to talk to the American people.