“When you raise taxes on small business, from 35% to 40%, you will kill jobs.”

No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate, they know that this is the place that we were born and raised.

I think folks need to understand the whole background of Donald Trump. I find from time to time, I talk to people about the campaign and they say, gosh, I didn’t know that Donald Trump gave a bunch of money to Jimmy Carter and to Hillary Clinton and to Harry Reid and to John Kerry.

I will fight for oil, coal and natural gas.

I think people recognize that I’m not a partisan Republican that I’m someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive.

We can believe as we want, but we should not force our beliefs on others.

I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren.

The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and at the foundation, the pre-eminence of family.

It’s not worth moving heaven and earth, spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person.

Instead of leading the world by how much we borrow, it’s time that we make sure we lead the world in how much we build and create and invest.

The promise of America has always been that if you worked hard, had the right values, took some risks, that there was an opportunity to build a better life for your family and for your next generation.

So, for instance, let me make this clear: You know I signed a statement. I will not raise taxes on anybody. I don’t want to raise taxes on the American people.

Isn’t it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our kids, and to make our lives better than all the programs of government combined.

I am running for president to help create a better future. A future where everyone who wants a job can find one. Where no senior fears for the security of their retirement. An America where every parent knows that their child will get an education that leads them to a good job and a bright horizon.

Mr. President, you were elected to lead. You chose to follow. And now it’s time for you to get out of the way.

I see an America where poverty is defeated by opportunity, not enabled by a government check.

Business is all about learning to balance the short-term, medium-term and long-term and I think it’s when things are going well it covers up a lot of mistakes and bad decisions because you’re growing so quickly.

What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.

It’s very logical: There is proven ROI in doing whatever you can to turn your customers into advocates for your brand or business. The way to create advocates is to offer superior customer service.

A lot of success in life and business comes from knowing what you want to avoid: early death, a bad marriage, etc.

We have found in a long life that one competitor is frequently enough to ruin a business.

Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now!

We have no patent on anything we do and anything we do can be copied by anyone else. But you can’t copy the heart and the soul and the conscience of the company.

Three rules for a career: 1) Don’t sell anything you wouldn’t buy yourself; 2) Don’t work for anyone you don’t respect and admire; and 3) Work only with people you enjoy.