“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.”

Government’s role in society is to protect these rights and ensure that we are safe from religious persecution and discrimination.

American nation was not founded on political principles. This nation was founded on spiritual principles.

I think God has blessed us. He has blessed the Republican Party with some very good candidates. The Democrats can’t even find one.

I don’t care how much you may think they’re funny or how interesting they may sound. If we nominate someone that 40 to 50 percent of our party doesn’t – can’t stand, we are going to lose.

I want people to make a lot more than $9. $9 is not enough. The problem is that if you can’t do that by mandating it in the minimum wage laws. Minimum wage laws never worked in terms of helping the middle class attain more prosperity.

I would say to you that Americans of Hispanic descent want desperately to give their children the chances they never had.

Donald Trump is never going to be the nominee. So, I’m not worried about a hypothetical that’s never going to happen.

Around the world, America’s influence has declined while this president [Barack Obama] has destroyed our military, our allies no longer trust us, and our adversaries no longer respect us.

If we capture any of these ISIS killers alive, they are going to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and we’re going to find out everything they know, because when I’m president, unlike Barack Obama, we will keep this country safe.

What is the conservative movement? It’s pretty straightforward. We believe that the way prosperity is created is when people have the freedom and the opportunity to pursue their dreams.

Florida is not going to vote for a con artist like Donald Trump.

Welders make more money than philosophers. We need more welders and less philosophers.

I think that the government of [Nicolas] Maduro has argued to stage a coup in Venezuela, that this is obviously a coup against the country’s democratic institutions.

When you’re the commander in chief, you’re the commander in chief on day one. You don’t get like a six-month grace period.

The greatest thing that we can do for the world is be America.

I think we need to simplify our tax code, but not as a way of generating revenue, as a way of making our tax code more growth- friendly.