Politicians make promises and they don't do what they said they would do: the reason why so many politicians in Washington are unhappy with me.

The media ought to be just giving a fair shake to everybody.

I believe over the long term he's going to have the money, and he's got the message, that this is going to be one of the finalists for the presidential campaign.

I will sing their praises, I'll sing Donald's [Trump] praises and Marco's [Rubio] praises and everybody else's praises. But I'm going to keep the focus on substance and records. And there's a reason why they scream "Liar." Because when you point to their own records, their own voting records, their own words, they don't like their records because their records are inconsistent with what they're running on.

We are still a nation of laws. You just have to check with Barack Obama every day to see what they are.

We're doing a horrible job, and by "we" I mean conservatives, Republicans, free marketers, anyone who believes in liberty is doing a horrible job if half of young people think socialism is a good idea.

The judgment that every voter is making of every one of us [running for presidency] who has the experience, who has the vision, who has the judgment to be commander in chief. That is the most important decision for the voters to make. That's a standard I'm held to. And it's a standard everyone else is held to.