“I believe that as people will look at me, they'll see a person who has dealt with a number of very difficult and challenging circumstances and that I have been able to successfully navigate through those and create greater strength and greater opportunity. I believe that people recognize that I'm someone who has confidence in America's cause.” PeopleBelieveLooksPersonsHas BeensAbleAmericaOpportunityI BelieveCausesDifficultChallengesNumbersGreaterCircumstancesLook At MeHave ConfidenceNavigate Author:Mitt Romney
“I believe as well that - that American strength is - is essential economic strength, family and value strength, military strength is essential for our own good that these things not only help secure peace for other people but preserve peace for us and - and promise greater prosperity for America.” PeopleBelieveWellsHelpingAmericaValuesI BelieveGreaterEconomicMilitaryPromiseEssentialsProsperitySecurePreservesAmerican Strength Author:Mitt Romney
“I think Mitt Romney has demonstrated repeatedly he has a penchant for - for secrecy, doesn't seem to have any interest in actually showing the American people his - his finances, decision - important decisions about his investments, refuses to come clean on his time at Bain Capital and when he was really there, and, you know, be held accountable for the outsourcing of jobs and the off-shoring of jobs and shipping jobs overseas.” PeopleThinkingKnowsImportantSeemsJobsInterestDecisionCleanInvestmentRefuseFinanceSecrecyRomneyImportant DecisionsShippingOutsourcing Author:Mitt Romney
“I think people want to see change, want to see something new and Hillary Clinton is just not that person.” PeopleThinkingWantPersonsClintonSomething New Author:Mitt Romney
“I think people recognize that I'm not a partisan Republican that I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive.” PeopleThinkingViewsRepublicanProgressiveModeratesPartisans Author:Mitt Romney
“I frankly can't wait, because the idea of Bill Clinton back in the White House with nothing to do is something I just can't imagine, I can't imagine the American people can imagine.” PeopleI CanIdeasHouseWaitingWhiteImagineBillsClintonWhite House Author:Mitt Romney
“I believe the family is the foundation of America - and that we must fight to protect and strengthen it. I believe in the sanctity of human life. I believe that people and their elected representatives should make our laws, not unelected judges.” PeopleShouldBelieveHumansAmericaLawFightingI BelieveJudgingProtectFoundationI Believe InHuman LifeRepresentativesSanctitySanctity Of Human Life Author:Mitt Romney
“And I hear from time to time people say, hey, wait a second, we have civil liberties we have to worry about. But don't forget the most important civil liberty I expect from my government is my right to be kept alive, and that's what we're going to have to do.” PeopleImportantGovernmentWaitingForgetLibertyWorryAliveHeyCivil Liberties Author:Mitt Romney
“A leader has the capacity of vision, the ability to see where things are headed before people in general see those things.” PeopleAbilityLeaderVisionCapacityAbility To See Author:Mitt Romney
“If you bring [tax] rates down, it makes it easier for small business to keep more of their capital and hire people. And for me, this is about jobs. I want to get America's economy going again. Fifty-four percent of America's workers work in businesses that are taxed as individuals. So when you bring those rates down, those small businesses are able to keep more money and hire more people.” PeopleIfsWantAbleJobsAmericaIndividualEconomyFourEasierTaxesPercentWorkersRateFiftyMore MoneySmall Business Author:Mitt Romney
“I do not favor same-sex marriage. I oppose same-sex marriage, and that has been my view. But, but if people are looking for someone who will discriminate against gays or will in any way try and suggest that people that have different sexual orientation don't have full rights in this country, they won't find that in me.” PeopleIfsWayTryingHas BeensDifferentCountrySexViewsRightsGayFavorsOrientation Author:Mitt Romney
“People who are government servants, public servants, should not be paid more than the taxpayers who are paying for it.” PeopleShouldGovernmentPaidServantTaxpayersPublic Servants Author:Mitt Romney
“President Obama trusts in the wisdom of government. I put my trust in the ingenuity and creativity and commitment to hard work of the American people.” PeopleHardGovernmentPresidentCreativityHard WorkCommitmentPresident ObamaIngenuity Author:Mitt Romney
“I believe very firmly in the principle of free agency - people making their own decisions and doing what they think is right.” PeopleThinkingBelieveI BelieveDecisionPrinciplesAgencyFree Agency Author:Mitt Romney
“Happiness, for me, is a function of the number of people I love, and I think joy and happiness is directly related to how many people are in our lives and how deeply we are bonded with those people. And so I'm happy if I'm with Ann; I'm happier if I'm also with my family and my grandchildren.” PeopleIfsThinkingJoyNumbersOur LivesMy FamilyFunctionRelatedGrandchildrenJoy And HappinessMy Grandchildren Author:Mitt Romney
“I think that we should give visas to people - green cards, rather, to people who graduate with skills that we need. People around the world with accredited degrees in science and math get a green card stapled to their diploma, come to the U.S. of A. We should make sure our legal system works.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsGivingShouldSkillsDegreesGreenMathCardsAround The WorldGraduatesLegal SystemVisaDiplomaGreen Card Author:Mitt Romney
“America can compete with anyone in the world as long as the playing field is level. China's been cheating over the years. One by holding down the value of their currency. Number two, by stealing our intellectual property; our designs, our patents, our technology. We will have to have people play on a fair basis.” PeopleWorldYearsLongTwoPlayAmericaValuesLevelsNumbersTechnologyDesignFieldsIntellectualFairsBasesPropertyChinaStealingCheatingCurrencyPatentsPlaying FieldsIntellectual PropertyYear One Author:Mitt Romney
“I care about a hundred percent of the American people. I want a hundred percent of the American people to have a bright and prosperous future.” PeopleWantCarePercentI CareProsperousProsperous Future Author:Mitt Romney
“I understand what it takes to - to make a bright and prosperous future for America again. I - I spent my life in the private sector, not in government. I’m a guy who wants to help, with the experience I have, the American people.” PeopleWantHelpingGovernmentAmericaGuyProsperousPrivate SectorProsperous Future Author:Mitt Romney
“I served as a missionary for my church. I served as a pastor in my congregation for about 10 years. I’ve sat across the table from people who were - were out of work and worked with them to try and find new work or to help them through tough times.” PeopleTryingYearsHelpingChurchToughTablesSatMissionaryPastorTough TimesCongregationNew Work Author:Mitt Romney
“There are some who would have a presidential candidate describe and explain his church's distinctive doctrines. To do so would enable the very religious test the founders prohibited in the Constitution. No candidate should become the spokesman for his faith. For if he becomes President he will need the prayers of the people of all faiths.” PeopleIfsNeedsShouldPresidentChurchReligiousPrayerTestsConstitutionDoctrinePresidentialCandidatesFoundersDistinctivePresidential Candidate Author:Mitt Romney
“When I place my hand on the Bible and take the oath of office, that oath becomes my highest promise to God. If I am fortunate to become your president, I will serve no one religion, no one group, no one cause, and no one interest. A President must serve only the common cause of the people of the United States.” PeopleIfsStatesHandsCausesPresidentInterestUnitedCommonUnited StatesGroupsPromiseOfficeHighestFortunateOathOath Of Office Author:Mitt Romney
“This is something the Democrats have talked about, and a goal we share, getting everyone insured, and solving the issue in a Republican way, which is applying a personal responsibility principle (individual mandate), reforming the market (more strictly regulating the insurance companies), and allowing people to buy private health care insurance that they can take with them from job to job that's entirely affordable. So it's a Republican way of solving a problem that we face as a nation.” PeopleWayProblemCareJobsFacesIndividualNationsGoalResponsibilityCompanyPrinciplesIssuesShareRepublicanDemocratHealth CareAllowingPersonal ResponsibilityAffordableMandatesInsurance Companies Author:Mitt Romney
“With these 11 million people here illegally, let's have them registered, know who they are, those that are her paying taxes and not taking government benefits should begin a process towards application for citizenship.” PeopleKnowsShouldGovernmentProcessMillionsTaxesBenefitsApplicationCitizenshipPaying Taxes Author:Mitt Romney
“The American people should be free to advocate for their candidates and their positions without burdensome limitations.” PeopleShouldPositionLimitationCandidates Author:Mitt Romney
“I think the global warming debate is now pretty much over and people recognize the need associated with providing sources which do not generate the heat that is currently provided by fossil fuels. I concur that climate change is beginning to [have an] effect on our natural resources and that now is the time to take action.” PeopleThinkingNeedsActionNaturalEffectsSourceResourcesClimateClimate ChangeDebateHeatFuelGlobal WarmingProvidingFossilsFossil FuelNatural ResourcesConcur Author:Mitt Romney
“I will not create jobs or hold jobs that kill people, and that plant - that plant kills people.” PeopleJobsPlant Author:Mitt Romney
“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.” PeopleTryingCoursesTrumpPromiseIntentionVotersAmerican Voters Author:Mitt Romney
“The future of the United States and the most important election in a generation, and he [Donald Trump] is trying to con people into giving them their vote, just like he conned these people into giving them their money.” PeopleGivingTryingImportantStatesUnitedUnited StatesGenerationsTrumpVoteElection Author:Mitt Romney
“What I can tell you is I'm not running for president. I'm not going to run for president. I'm going to support one of these four people to be our nominee. I'm supporting three of them right now. And that means that we're going to get one of those people as our nominee.” PeopleMeanI CanRunningThreePresidentSupportFourRight Now Author:Mitt Romney
“I think folks need to understand the whole background of Donald Trump. I find from time to time, I talk to people about the campaign and they say, gosh, I didn't know that Donald Trump gave a bunch of money to Jimmy Carter and to Hillary Clinton and to Harry Reid and to John Kerry.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsWholeTrumpClintonFolksCampaignsBackgroundsBunchJimmyCarterJohn Kerry Author:Mitt Romney
“People hear from Donald Trump that he's such an extraordinary success. They didn't know about Trump airlines and Trump mortgages and Trump vitamin network and Trump steaks and Trump Taj Mahal. They didn't realize a lot of small people have been crushed by Donald Trump's rise to become a very wealthy man, successful financially, but this is a guy who has not been a uniform success.” PeopleKnowsMenHas BeensGuyRealizingSuccessfulTrumpExtraordinaryWealthyUniformsCrushedAirlineMortgageSteakVitaminsTaj MahalMahal Author:Mitt Romney
“People are taking a closer look at Donald Trump. I think the best look they got was at the last debate. I think Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio prosecuted their case effectively. Donald doesn't have some great answers. When they talk, for instance, about immigration and releasing those tapes from The New York Times, we began talking about flexibility and immigration.” PeopleThinkingLooksLastsAnswersTalkingCasesNew YorkTrumpDebateImmigrationInstanceTapeFlexibilityNew York TimesCruzMarcos Author:Mitt Romney
“Flexibility. Oh, that's pretty clearly saying that what Donald Trump said to The New York Times is very different than what he's saying to the American people. He is not the real deal. He is a phony.” PeopleSaidDifferentRealDealsNew YorkTrumpFlexibilityNew York TimesPhony Author:Mitt Romney
“Donald Trump talks about how he's not going to be controlled by the moneyed interests. Do people understand that he's not giving money to his campaign, he's loaning it because he expects to get money back from those same big donors he decries right now? He's planning on running a general election based upon raising money from those very people.” PeopleGivingBigsRunningInterestTrumpRight NowElectionCampaignsPlanningControlledGet MoneyDonorsGeneral ElectionsGiving MoneyRaising Money Author:Mitt Romney
“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.” PeopleWayGovernmentRunningJobsAmericaEnergyPolicyLaborTradeAddDebtDeficitGovernment Policy Author:Mitt Romney
“This is all about creating good jobs for middle-income Americans, and it's a place where the President, frankly, has failed. His effort to put in place a series of liberal proposals he thought were historic kept his eye off the ball of getting the economy going again. It is the economy, and the American people aren't stupid. They want someone who can get this economy going again.” PeopleWantEyeJobsPresidentEffortEconomyMiddleStupidCreatingBallsSeriesIncomeHis EyesGood JobHistoricProposal Author:Mitt Romney
“Growing our economy means allowing individuals, and particularly those in the middle class, to be able to keep more of their money. It also means that people in the middle class and modest incomes to be able to pay for their retirement, to get a down payment for a home, to send a child to college.” PeopleMeanChildrenHomeAbleIndividualPayClassEconomyGrowingMiddleCollegeIncomeMiddle ClassRetirementAllowingModestPayment Author:Mitt Romney
“If people are looking for someone who has never changed their mind and is unwilling to admit they make mistakes, that's not me.” PeopleIfsMindMistakeChangedMaking MistakesNever ChangeUnwilling Author:Mitt Romney
“I have seen a lot of people, by the way, who were pro-life become pro-choice. No one seems to have any difficulty with that at all. That's easily accepted. But, if you are pro-choice and you become pro-life, there are a lot of folks, particularly in the media, who find that unacceptable.” PeopleIfsWaySeemsChoicesMediaDifficultyFolksAcceptedPro Life Author:Mitt Romney
“There are 160,000 of our men and women in Iraq that wonder whether there is going to be a hand grenade or a missile lobbed into where they are sleeping at night. Those are people who make a real sacrifice.” PeopleMenRealHandsNightSleepWonderSacrificeMen And WomenIraqMissilesGrenadeSleeping At Night Author:Mitt Romney
“We respect and honor very deeply those people who decide to serve their country in the military. But we certainly don't denigrate people who choose a different course, particularly when we have an all-volunteer army.” PeopleDifferentCountryCoursesMilitaryHonorArmyVolunteerVery Deep Author:Mitt Romney
“I don't mind that people have questions and would look for someone to respond to their questions, particularly if their faith is not terribly well-known.” PeopleIfsMindWellsLooksKnownWell Known Author:Mitt Romney
“I believe that Assad must go. I believe he will go. But I believe - we want to make sure that America has the relationships of friendship with the people that take his place, steps that in the years to come we see Syria as a friend, and Syria as a responsible party in the Middle East.” PeopleWantYearsBelieveAmericaI BelievePartyStepsMiddleResponsibleEastMiddle EastSyriaAssad Author:Mitt Romney
“When there are elections, people tend to vote for peace. They don't vote for war. So Americans want to promote those principles around the world.” PeopleWorldWantWarPrinciplesVoteElectionAround The World Author:Mitt Romney
“You can't have 23 million people struggling to get a job. You can't have an economy that over the last three years keeps slowing down its growth rate. You can't have kids coming out of college, half of them can't find a job today, or a job that's commensurate with their college degree. We have to get our economy going.” PeopleYearsKidsTodayJobsLastsThreeGrowthHalfMillionsStruggleEconomyCollegeDegreesRateComing OutThree YearsSlow DownSlowingCollege Degree Author:Mitt Romney
“This, in my view, is the highest responsibility of the President of the United States, which is to maintain the safety of the American people.” PeopleStatesPresidentUnitedViewsResponsibilityUnited StatesHighestSafety Author:Mitt Romney
“Some people in America feel that Pakistan is being nice to us, and that we should walk away fro mthem. But Pakistan is important to the region, to the world and to us, because Pakistan has 100 nuclear warheads and they're rushing to build a lot more. They'll have more than Great Britain sometime in the - in the relatively near future.” PeopleWorldFeelsShouldImportantAmericaWalksNiceNuclearBritainRegionsBeing NicePakistanRushingNuclear WarGreat Britain Author:Mitt Romney
“I believe we should use any and all means necessary to take out people who pose a threat to us and our friends around the world.” PeopleWorldShouldBelieveMeanUseI BelieveThreatAround The World Author:Mitt Romney
“It's not government that makes business successful. It's not government investments that makes businesses grow and hire people.” PeopleGovernmentGrowsSuccessfulInvestment Author:Mitt Romney
