Everybody knows full well my passion about defeating Barack Obama. Over my dead body would I vote for Barack Obama.

Obviously the first thing we need to do is repeal “Obamacare.” That's one entitlement that we can get rid of. And that's a couple trillion dollars in spending over the next 10 years.

I have a problem with homosexual acts.

You can't ignore the reality that faith and family, those two things are integral parts of having limited government, lower taxes, and free societies.

One of my opponents [Romney] recently said that it would take an act of God for me to win this primary. I agree with him.

And a noble life is one ordered by, and oriented to, a transcendent moral code, not just one's own concept of existence and meaning and truth. ...if we want a society that reveres life, that defends the family, and that discourages delinquency and promotes decency, we cannot force a privatization of religion; we must allow the truth-claims of religious faith to be uttered aloud in the public square.

The notion that college education is a cost-effective way to help poor, low-skill, unmarried mothers with high school diplomas or GEDs move up the economic ladder is just wrong.