Keep government out of the money of the people, schools of the people, and will of the people.

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand that government does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs do.

America has receded from the world. Today our friends and allies don't trust us. And our enemies don't fear us. I think we should get back, number one, to American leadership in the world.

If you see a candidate that Washington embraces, run and hide.

That's what actually caused me to run for office is, you know, my family story, the experience of growing up in a family where your dad had been imprisoned, had been tortured, and came to America with nothing, washing dishes for 50 cents an hour. That was perhaps the most formative experience of my childhood, is being raised in that household where freedom had an urgency.

I get that the media wants us to play theater critics and critique every other proposal. What I`m focusing on are my own policy proposals.

The Constitution is brilliant for accountability; for posing factions against each other, to fight amongst themselves in government, which protects our liberty. But also in ensuring that decision-making is made by those who the people can hold accountable.