“Well, it's not all Americans. But I understand those polls. But as a result of that, that's not going to change my position. I mean I don't think it is even practical and I don't think it's right. I mean just because somebody happens to be of the Muslim faith, doesn't make them a terrorist or make them a threat to America. And we've had relations with people all over the world of the Muslim faith.” PeopleThinkingWorldWellsMeanHappensAmericaResultsPositionRelationThreatTerroristPracticalsPollsMuslim Faith Author:John Kasich
“I mean, I don't have any more words.I've tried to do the best I can to lead by my actions in an appropriate way without recrimination or anything like that, because I'm a very happy person. I don't think I need to say any more than what I've demonstrated.” ThinkingWayNeedsMeanPersonsI CanActionAppropriateVery HappyDo The BestHappy Person Author:John Kasich
“First of all, we're not Rust Belt. I mean, that's an old term. We do have manufacturing. We have a half-a-billion-dollar investment from a Chinese individual, which brings a couple thousand jobs in Dayton.” FirstsMeanJobsIndividualTermHalfCoupleThousandDollarsInvestmentBillionsChineseBeltsManufacturingRust Author:John Kasich
“I've been frankly very surprised at the intensity of our differences [with Russia]. I mean, between what appears to be hacking of our political system to the aggressive use of nukes on the borders, to these atrocities in Syria and their warnings. I've been very, very surprised at the intensity of all this.” MeanUsePoliticalDifferencesRussiaBordersIntensityWarningAggressiveSyriaPolitical SystemsAtrocitiesHackingNukes Author:John Kasich
“I mean, it would be very easy to make an inflammatory statement on what we ought to do on cyber. I don't think that that's productive. But to allow the Russian activity to go unresponded to is not acceptable.” ThinkingMeanWould BeEasyOughtActivityStatementsProductiveAcceptableCyber Author:John Kasich
“What had the board been doing when they see these things happening. I mean, you can write a law that says you cannot provide incentives for the openings of accounts, but I think it gets to be a deeper issue of the value structure of any organization and the value of its leaders.” ThinkingWritingMeanLawValuesLeaderIssuesHappeningsOrganizationAccountsStructureDeeperThings HappenOpeningBoardsIncentives Author:John Kasich
“It's an individual morality in values that matters in these companies [like Wells Fargo]. I mean, they ought to clean house. And they ought to figure out how to claw back all this money. That is a given. In terms of additional laws, there are reasonable approaches to this, but I'd have to see what they are. I'm not a federal lawmaker.” WellsMeanMatterLawValuesHouseIndividualGivenTermCompanyFiguresOughtMoralityApproachCleanReasonableClawsLawmakersClean HouseFargoIndividual MoralityWells Fargo Author:John Kasich
“Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.” MeanActionEffectsNegativeOur SocietyCountingBeansDividingAffirmative ActionAffirmative Author:John Kasich
“Donald Trump done a lot of name calling, and he created a very toxic atmosphere. I mean just we want to start with immigration, do you want to start with these things that he has said - you know, about Muslims. I mean, where it ends?” MeanDoneImmigrationAtmosphereName Calling Author:John Kasich
“God is a compass. God is not about who you're sleeping with or, I mean, I don't care about that. It's about loving your neighbor. It's about living a life that's bigger than yourself. As time goes on, societies have a tendency to put themselves on the throne, and that leads to self-absorption and that leads to "life is all about me." And there's not a compass that sends you in a direction where life can't be just about you.” MeanCareSleepNeighborCompassLoving You Author:John Kasich
“You give up a lot to be in politics. And if you're not there to change the world I don't know what you're there for. I mean, it doesn't make any sense to me.” WorldGivingMeanGiving UpChanging The World Author:John Kasich
“You can't go home and look at your plaques at the end of the day, because every politician has like a million plaques on their wall. OK? You don't go home and look at - you don't get anything for that. And you can't go home and say, boy, I really served the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. You want to go home and, you know, Fourth of July, you know, any of these special holidays that recognize our country, you want to feel like you've built a stronger nation, which means you helped build the people and put them in a stronger place where everyone's lifted.” PeopleMeanCountryHomePartyBoysSpecialLike YouWallPoliticianRepublicanStrongerDemocraticHolidayRepublican PartyDemocratic Party Author:John Kasich
“I mean, the fact of the matter is, Ohio 's coming back because we set a clear path, we cut taxes , we balanced our budget , we got credit upgrades when the whole rest of the world , including America , was being downgraded.” WorldMeanMatterWholeFactsAmericaPathClearCuttingTaxesIncludingCreditBudgetsBalancedComing BackOhio Author:John Kasich
