More people on unemployment benefits is not success in America, fewer people on not because we kicked them off but because they have been able to get a job in the private sector, because government got out of the way.

I hate big government, but I really hate a government that doesn't work. So when 'they say we either have to raise taxes or cut core services,' it's actually a 'false choice.

You see, here in America there's a reason why we celebrate the 4th of July and not April 15th because in America we celebrate our independence from the government, not our dependence on it.

One of the things I get amused by is when my opponent talks about the middle class.

A wise governor told me a long time ago, political capital you don't get more of by keeping it. You get it by using it.

I have not made any plans for the future, and my wife would kill me if I announced anything before that.

But Mitt Romney understands, like I understand, that people - not governments - create jobs.