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

My doctrine is as I’ve described, which is confidence in our cause, clarity in our purpose, and resolve in our might.

You don’t have to be larger than life to be a hero, just larger than yourself.

Donald Trump trying to do to the American voter what he did to the people that signed up for this course: He’s making promises he has no intention of keeping.

We have a president, who I think is a nice guy, but he spent too much time at Harvard, perhaps.

Opportunity expands when there is excellence and choice in education, when taxes are lowered, when every citizen has affordable, portable health insurance and when constitutional freedoms are preserved.

Christianity is not the faith of the complacent, the comfortable or of the timid. It demands and creates heroic souls.

That said, your values will not always be the object of public admiration. In fact, the more you live by your beliefs, the more you will endure the censure of the world.

That the policies – from energy to labor policies, trade policies, government policies relating to debt and deficits are all aligning in such a way that America, far from being one of the places people are running from, is a place people are going to come to and add jobs.

What you believe, what you value, how you live – matters.

What we have, what we wish we had – ambitions fulfilled, ambitions disappointed, investments won, investments lost, elections won, elections lost – these things may occupy our attention, but they do not define us.

We’ve got to strengthen our military long-term. We don’t know what the world is going to throw at us down the road.

I’m not running, I’m not planning on running, and I’ve got nothing new on that story.

Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to people.

Right now we have an economy in trouble, and someone who spent their career in the economy is more suited to help fix the economy than someone who spent his life in politics and as a community organizer.

Conservatives believe in providing Constitutional rights to our citizens, not to enemy combatants like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

I’m a family guy. Most important thing in my life by far is my relationship with my wife and my sons, daughters-in-law, and 18 grandchildren. And for me, this is all about them.

Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses, not lifestyle choices.

In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better; upset or understanding; hostile or humble; furious or forgiving.

I’m a healthy eater, but I don’t consider Chick-fil-A fast food.

A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride. When people see it they know it means dignity.

The true poet has no choice of material. The material plainly chooses him, not he it.

When you choose the behaviour, you choose the consequence.

It’s funny: I don’t listen to too much rap. I don’t listen to too much older hip-hop. If I do, it’s Ja Rule.

A decision without an alternative is a desperate gambler’s throw.