If I'm elected president, let me tell you about my first day in office. The first thing I intend to do is to rescind every illegal and unconstitutional executive action taken by Barack Obama.

Popularity isn't the end-all, be-all. What matters far more is that you stick to your principles, that you stand up and you live a life of integrity.

I believe the American people are looking for someone to speak the truth.

On domestic policy, Donald Trump agreed with Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the Wall Street bailout, the TARP bailout of big bank. I think the government ought to be standing with mainstream, with working men and women. And then you put on top of that the ethical issues, whether it is refusing to release his taxes. And that's a real problem.

We need a much better understanding of the climate before making policy choices that would impose substantial economic costs on our Nation.

At the end of the day, the Washington establishment is going to go where they're going to go.

I do believe, in the long term, we will either get back to the principles that built America or we lose this country. And I'm an optimist.