“Business has to have capital.I think Wall Street is a necessary ingredient of the global economy, you've just got to keep people realizing that helping clients is the most important thing, not helping yourself.” PeopleThinkingImportantHelpingRealizingEconomyStreetsWallImportant ThingsIngredientsClientsGlobal EconomyHelp Yourself Author:John Kasich
“My job is to try to figure out how to fix things, and I'm going to fix things as best as I can. I'm going to get a team together to fix things. And I can't sit around and worrying what the heck the chairman of the Republican Party thinks about what I'm doing.” ThinkingTryingI CanTogetherJobsPartyWorryTeamFiguresRepublicanRepublican PartyChairman Author:John Kasich
“I don't think America should be the policeman of the world, but we have to be engaged and we have to be a leader, and that comes from strong economic growth, a strong military, good diplomatic efforts, and integrating our business community. I just think it's a whole new paradigm.” ThinkingWorldShouldWholeAmericaStrongGrowthCommunityEffortLeaderEconomicMilitaryEngagedEconomic GrowthPolicemenParadigmIntegratingDiplomatic Author:John Kasich
“Let's think about how we can bring economic development, let's see if people could learn a little more of the rule of law, rather than the rule of man, which is kind of what you see in China.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenKindLittlesLawEconomicDevelopmentChinaRule Of LawEconomic Development Author:John Kasich
“The Pentagon needs precious resources to build the strength of America, and we can't say, 'this is really important to this community, and it's really not vital to the national security, but we ought to do it anyway.' So, I think we have to have a discipline on this” ThinkingNeedsImportantAmericaCommunitySecurityOughtDisciplineResourcesNational SecurityPentagon Author:John Kasich
“I think the process of being hopeful, being really opportunity oriented, not just in rhetoric but in action, showing that no one get's left behind, not just by talking about it but by doing it, I think is really a key [to political success].” ThinkingActionPoliticalOpportunityLeftProcessBehindsTalkingKeysHopefulBeing RealRhetoricLeft Behind Author:John Kasich
“In faith, I'm a believer in the do's - you know, love your neighbor, love your enemy. I don't spend a lot of time thinking on the don'ts 'cause I can't get the do's right.” ThinkingKnowsI CanCausesEnemyLove YouNeighborBelieverLove Your EnemiesLove Your NeighborNeighbor Love Author:John Kasich
“People are frustrated. They're fed up. They don't think the government is working for them.” PeopleThinkingGovernmentFedsFrustratedFed Up Author:John Kasich
“If I were president, I would want to spend a lot of time going to the legislatures and telling them about best practices, whether it's about fighting poverty, whether it's about educating kids. The states are the laboratories where we can see what works. And I think presidents can have a much better relationship with legislatures.” IfsThinkingWantStatesKidsFightingPresidentPovertyPracticeLaboratoryLegislatureBest Practices Author:John Kasich
“I think people are frustrated with dysfunction, not just dysfunction in government, but a lot of dysfunction that surrounds them. I get the frustration with drugs in the neighborhood or my kids with big college loans can't find a job.” PeopleThinkingBigsGovernmentKidsJobsCollegeDrugFrustrationNeighborhoodSurroundFrustratedLoanDysfunction Author:John Kasich
“Economic growth is the key to everything. But once you have economic growth, it is important that we reach out to people who live in the shadows, the people who don't seem to ever think that they get a fair deal. And that includes people in our minority community; that includes people who feel as though they don't have a chance to move up.” PeopleThinkingFeelsImportantSeemsMovingGrowthCommunityChanceDealsEconomicKeysShadowFairsMinoritiesReach OutEconomic Growth Author:John Kasich
“I've always been a reformer all the time I served in public office, and remain a reformer in Ohio, but I also know how to get things done. And I think it's important that, while we acknowledge the anxieties that Americans have, I think it's also important we realize at the end of the day, we need to have somebody who knows how to land a plane, and I've landed quite a few planes.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsImportantEndsDoneRealizingKnow HowLandOfficeAnxietyPlanesAcknowledgeThe End Of The DayThings DoneOhioReformersPublic Office Author:John Kasich
“I want people to hear what I think about these foundational American values of personal responsibility, resilience, family and faith, there are things that people can learn from somebody who leads a state like Ohio which is, frankly, a microcosm of the country.” PeopleThinkingWantCountryStatesValuesResponsibilityResiliencePersonal ResponsibilityOhioMicrocosmAmerican Values Author:John Kasich
“We think about our country and the big issues that we face in this country; creating jobs, making sure people can keep their jobs, the need for rising wages, whether our children when they graduate from college can find a job, protecting the homeland, destroying ISIS, rebuilding defense. These are all the things that we need to focus on but we'll never get there if we're divided. We'll never get there if republicans and democrats just fight with one another.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsChildrenCountryBigsJobsFacesFightingIssuesFocusCollegeRepublicanCreatingOur ChildrenDemocratDefenseOur CountryRisingDividedDestroyingGraduatesWagesIsisHomelandRebuildingCreating Jobs Author:John Kasich
“I'm not a big guy that believes that you gain energy from demonizing other people. I think you gain energy from giving people hope.” PeopleThinkingGivingBelieveBigsGuyEnergyGainsBig Guys Author:John Kasich
“I think if there's anything that's important today, it's credibility with the voter, because the voter is tired of being sold a bill of goods.” IfsThinkingImportantTodayBillsTiredGoodsVotersCredibility Author:John Kasich
“I can't work any harder. I can't do any more. I am literally just blown away and humbled by the volunteers and how hard they're working. I think they've got a sense that they're going to be part of something bigger than themselves.” ThinkingI CanHardBiggerHarderVolunteerBlown Away Author:John Kasich
“Libya was a terrible mistake. You know, frankly, that's something that people ought to be thinking about in regard to Hillary [Clinton]. You know, they talk about Benghazi, which is very legitimate. Of course it is. But we should never have deposed [Muamar] Gaddafi. That was a terrible mistake.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldCoursesMistakeOughtTerribleRegardClintonLibyaBenghaziGaddafi Author:John Kasich
“I would only go to Syria to destroy ISIS. I would not use U.S. troops to depose Assad. But I would support the rebels there. It's okay to support those people who share your view. But for the United States to be embroiled in a civil war in Syria against [Bashr] Assad I think is a big mistake.” PeopleThinkingWarStatesUseBigsUnitedViewsMistakeUnited StatesSupportShareOkayCivil WarRebelTroopsSyriaIsisAssadBig Mistake Author:John Kasich
“No one ever expect me to get in the race. They didn't think I would get on the debate stage. I did. They didn't think I'd do well in New Hampshire. I finished second. And so we went to South Carolina. In a short period of time later, two weeks ago people in South Carolina had no clue who I was.” PeopleThinkingWellsTwoRaceWeekStagePeriodsSouthFinishedDebateClueTwo WeeksCarolinaSouth CarolinaHampshireNew Hampshire Author:John Kasich
“There were 16 people in the race, including a number of governors, and there's only one left. And I think that at the end we have to make sure that we have somebody that can go to that town, change that system, grow employment, change the whole way in which it works and ship power money and influence back to the states. So I'm optimistic about it.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksEndsStatesWholeLeftGrowsNumbersRaceInfluenceTownsIncludingShipsOptimisticEmploymentGovernors Author:John Kasich
“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
“You know, whatever it takes. It's very important obviously from an economic point of view because of the need for innovation, for progress, to improve the standard of living of people. But I also think it's a critical issue in geopolitics too.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsImportantViewsIssuesProgressEconomicStandardsInnovationCriticalPoint Of ViewGeopoliticsStandards Of LivingWhatever It Takes Author:John Kasich
“With all those fledgling countries in Asia, who really want to stand with us but they live under the shadow of China and the smaller shadow of Russia. So I just think Trans-Pacific Partnership is really important both economically and geopolitically.” ThinkingWantImportantCountryShadowChinaRussiaPartnershipAsiaTransPacificFledglings Author:John Kasich
“To put all of your eggs in one basket is silly. We did that for a long time and I don't think it's very smart.” ThinkingLongLong TimeSmartSillyEggsBasketsVery SmartEggs In One Basket Author:John Kasich
“When you ask people, do they believe that we ought to have trade, I think people understand it's important.” PeopleThinkingBelieveImportantAsksOughtTrade Author:John Kasich
“I think that they are hung up on, you know, that people cheat and we don't enforce the laws, and I think that's correct. But I don't think people want to just say, "We're not going to trade with anybody."” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantLawTradeHungCheat Author:John Kasich
“You watch people run for president, and a large part of what they say, they don't ever follow through on. But I don't think you can afford to wait on this [trade agreements].” PeopleThinkingRunningWaitingPresidentWatchesTradeAgreementFollow ThroughTrade Agreements Author:John Kasich
“I think it could get passed in a lame duck? Probably tough. But impossible? No, or I wouldn't be wasting my time. It's going to take some leadership, and it takes a time where leadership is more important than people's political career at times.” PeopleThinkingImportantPoliticalCareersImpossibleToughMy TimeDucksLameWasting My Time Author:John Kasich
“I think to a degree this happens when they [russians] spot a softness in us, which I think for a while they did.” ThinkingHappensDegreesSpotsSoftness Author:John Kasich
“I think that's coming to an end. And, you know, when we ... we can't beg them [russians] to get along with us. And I think there was some of that going on, which has now ended.” ThinkingKnowsEndsComing To An End 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
“I think it's too late. I think that there's been too much. This all started with the red line, walking away from it. The inability to arm the legitimate [Bashar] Assad opposition.” ThinkingLinesToo MuchArmsWalkingLateRedOppositionToo LateInabilityWalking AwayAssadRed Lines 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
“If you talk to anybody who's been successful in business, they will tell you the thing that matters the most are people. And clearly, in this case, the quality of the people was not paid attention to. By the board and I don't know what they were doing. And I think there is a certain accountability by the board here.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsMatterCertainAttentionQualityCasesSuccessfulPaidBoardsAccountabilityThings That Matter Author:John Kasich
“Look, we have a very lousy system for retraining workers that get disrupted. And, you know, I just don't see anybody that's particularly interested in fixing that. They think it's fixed, but it's not fixed. So, we need a dramatic improvement in the way we train people who get displaced.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayNeedsLooksTrainWorkersImprovementFixedDramaticFixing Author:John Kasich
“People have now been absorbing only that they agree with. You know, part of it is if you're liberal, you consume liberal information. If you're a conservative, you consume conservative information. And there's a certain stridency in both that you know everything, and if somebody doesn't agree with you, you think they don't know what they're talking about, and you become intolerant.” PeopleThinkingAgreeConservative Author:John Kasich
“Never in my lifetime have I been called boring. But I think I was a boring candidate for president because I tried to be responsible. And one of the greatest problems I had is that I was governor.” ThinkingProblemPresidentResponsibleLifetimeBoringBeing Responsible Author:John Kasich
“There is a growing sense in America that being disconnected is not good. And there's also some people that are staying in their silos and not coming out, but we have to pull them out, and we have to pull ourselves together at some point, I think.” PeopleThinkingTogether Author:John Kasich
“I think in Washington we have bigger issues than people being outraged by somebody else's tweet. They need to look themselves in the mirror and figure out whether they're serving the country or they're serving their party or their own interests.” PeopleThinkingCountryInterestPartyTweetOutraged Author:John Kasich
“Do you think that I like to have to fight the leaders in my own party over this or that? Of course not. There's no joy in that. But John Kennedy may have said it best - sometimes my party asks too much.” ThinkingSometimesJoyFightingPartyLeader Author:John Kasich
“To say that most recent elections are rigged and all these votes are stolen, that`s like saying we never landed on the moon, frankly. That`s how silly it is. No. I don`t think that`s good for our country. The problem is, it does create doubt in people`s minds. And I worry about 25% of Americans who may say when an election is over, it was stolen.” PeopleThinkingMindCountryProblemWorryDoubtMoonVoteElectionSillyOver It Author:John Kasich
