“I believe God has blessed our country. This country has been extraordinarily blessed.”

My Dad used to tell us: ‘En este pais, ustedes van a poder lograr todas las cosas que nosotros no pudimos’ ‘In this country, you will be able to accomplish all the things we never could.’

Any time you can degrade or take away the top leadership of an organization, it’s a positive step forward.

The most important institution in society is the family. If the family breaks down, society breaks down.

Donald Trump is not a Republican. Donald Trump is not a conservative. Donald Trump is trying to pull off the biggest scam in American political history, basically a con job, where he’s trying to take over the Republican Party by telling people he’s someone who he is not.

We’re special because dreams that are impossible anywhere else, come true here. That’s not just my story. That’s your story. That’s our story.

I’ll support Donald [Trump] if he’s the Republican nominee.

Let me just say the rules are what they are in the Republican Party. You have to have X-number of delegates in order to be the nominee. And if you don’t have those number of delegates, then there’s a process in place.Here is what would be a calamity, for Donald Trump to become our nominee.

The vast majority of the American people are hard-working taxpayers who take responsibility for their families, go to work every day, they pay their mortgage on time, they volunteer in the community.

I’m not going to change who I am. I’m not going to change why I’m running… I’m running for president [in 2016], and I’m running because we can’t afford another four years like the last eight years.

When I’m president of the United States, we’re going to have a VA that cares more about our veterans than about the bureaucrats who work at the VA.

I am but a generation removed from poverty and despair. Where would I be today if there had never been an America?

The truth is every problem can’t be solved by government. Many are caused by the moral breakdown in our society. And the answers to those challenges lie primarily in our families and our faiths, not our politicians.

You know, now that I come to think of it, the blizzard may be the best thing to happen to the American economy in 12 months.

Conservatism has always been about reforming government and solving problems, and that’s why the conservative movement should lead on immigration reform.

If you elect me president, we will have a president that believes America is the greatest country in the world and we will have a president that acts like it.

To tackle the big and relevant issues of the day with bold and innovative ideas is without question the most rewarding way to serve.

No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.

We are not saved in order to be a blessing to other people.

Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.

Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.

You are never used of God to bring blessing until God has opened your eyes and made you see things as they are.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

As I lift up my eyes to Him and accept it as coming from the throne of God for some great purpose of blessing to my own heart.

I feel like everyone who goes to The University of Texas is blessed and lucky to be there because they’re getting a chance to be as good as they can be.