“While I'm on foreign soil, I - I just don't feel that I should be speaking about differences with regards to myself and President Obama on foreign policy, either foreign policy of the past, or for foreign policy prescriptions.” FeelsShouldPastPresidentDifferencesPolicyRegardSoilPresident ObamaForeign PolicyPrescriptions Author:Mitt Romney
“George Herbert Walker Bush. He was a pretty-pretty great President and anything but.” PresidentWalkersGreat Presidents Author:Mitt Romney
“Ronald Reagan was one of our great foreign policy Presidents. He did not come from the Senate. He did not come from the foreign policy world. He was a governor, but his resolve, his clarity of purpose, his intelligence, his capacity to deal with complex issues and solve tough problems served him extremely well, and if I were elected President, I hope I could rely upon those same qualities.” IfsWorldWellsProblemPurposePresidentDealsQualityIssuesPolicyToughCapacityComplexesSolveClarityRelyResolveSenateForeign PolicyGovernorsRely UponClarity Of PurposeTough Problems Author:Mitt Romney
“You know, that's the very least that the American voters can expect is that when you're running for President that you outline what you would do and what you would do differently from this - from the President of the United States.” KnowsStatesRunningPresidentUnitedUnited StatesVotersOutlinesAmerican Voters Author:Mitt Romney
“Bottom line is President Obama has said that it is a top priority of the United States of America to ensure that Iran never achieves a nuclear.” SaidStatesAmericaPresidentLinesUnitedUnited StatesAchieveBottomNuclearPrioritiesIranPresident ObamaUnited States Of AmericaBottom LineTop Priorities Author:Mitt Romney
“We have made progress from where we were when President Obama took office, when the economy - our economy had just contracted almost by nine percent.” MadePresidentEconomyProgressOfficePercentNinePresident Obama Author:Mitt Romney
“The teachers unions are the clearest example of a group that has lost its way. Whenever anyone dares to offer a new idea, the unions protest the loudest. Their attitude was memorably expressed by a longtime president of the American Federation of Teachers: He said, quote, 'When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of children.'” WayChildrenSaidIdeasSchoolLostPresidentInterestAttitudeTeacherGroupsExampleOffersUnionsDareDuesProtestNew IdeasRepresentingFederationTeachers Unions Author:Mitt Romney
“Like other presidents before him, Barack Obama inherited a recession. But unlike them, he has made it worse, not better.” MadePresidentMade ItBarackRecessions Author:Mitt Romney
“America needs a president who can fix the economy because he understands the economy, and I do and I will.” NeedsAmericaPresidentEconomy 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'm sorry, there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement, and I concurred in that, and said that we should have some number of troops that stayed on. That was something I concurred with.” ShouldSaidForcePresidentNumbersEffortShould HaveSorryAgreementTroopsI'm Sorry Author:Mitt Romney
“This is a time of great challenges for America, and I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation.” AmericaNationsPresidentChallengesSuccessfulPrayingBeing SuccessfulI Pray 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
“Barack Obama has done something I find very hard to understand. Ever since FDR, we`ve had the capacity to be engaged in two conflicts at once, and he`s saying, No, we`re going to cut that back to only one conflict.” TwoHardDonePresidentCuttingConflictCapacityBarackEngagedSaying NoPresident Barack Obama Author:Mitt Romney
“The president (George W. Bush) says let's have private accounts, and take the surplus money that's being gathered now in Social Security and put it into private accounts. That works.” SocialPresidentSecurityAccountsSocial SecuritySurplusPresident George W Bush Author:Mitt Romney
“I think an amnesty program... which is what the president (George W. Bush) has proposed... those are reasonable proposals.” ThinkingPresidentProgramReasonableProposalAmnestyPresident George W Bush Author:Mitt Romney
“I believe that FEMA plays a key role in working with states and localities to prepare for and respond to natural disasters. As president, I will ensure FEMA has the funding it needs to fulfill its mission.” NeedsBelieveStatesPlayI BelievePresidentNaturalRolesKeysMissionsDisasterFundingNatural DisasterLocality Author:Mitt Romney
“I understand the anger Americans feel today. In the past, our presidents have channeled that anger and forged it into resolve, into endurance and high purpose, and into the will to defeat the enemies of freedom. Our anger was transformed into energy directed for good. Donald Trump is directing our anger for less than noble purposes.” FeelsTodayPastPurposeEnergyPresidentEnemyTrumpDefeatNobleEnduranceResolveTransformedForged 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
“In terms of my own plans, I anticipate supporting one of the three, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio or John Kasich as our nominee. If they don't become the nominee, then I'm probably going to go to the voting booth and find someone else who's running as a conservative or perhaps just write in the name of someone I believe should become the president of the United States, who I could be proud of and who I believe is interested in balancing the budget, keeping America safe with a strong military, and is not willing to disparage fellow Americans, Mexican-Americans, Muslims, and so forth.” IfsShouldWritingBelieveStatesRunningAmericaThreeNamesStrongI BelievePresidentTermMy OwnUnitedUnited StatesPlansMilitaryWillingProudSafeFellowsConservativeBudgetsVotingBe ProudMexicanAnticipateCruzMarcosMexican American Author:Mitt Romney
“I think we can all agree this is a very important election [2016]. We don't want to see Hillary Clinton become the president of the United States.” ThinkingWantImportantStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesElectionAgreeClinton Author:Mitt Romney
“I think the great majority of Republicans, mainstream Republicans from across the country, don't want to see Donald Trump as president of the United States either. They're concerned they'd see a recession and I think they are also concerned we'd see a more dangerous world.” ThinkingWorldWantCountryStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesDangerousTrumpRepublicanConcernedMajorityMainstreamRecessionsDangerous World 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
“What outsourcing causes - what it's caused by, rather. I understand, for instance, how to read a balance sheet. I happen to believe that having been in the private sector for twenty-five years gives me a perspective on how jobs are created - that someone who's never spent a day in the private sector, like President Obama, simply doesn't understand.” GivingYearsBelieveHappensJobsCausesPresidentFivePerspectiveBalanceGive MeTwentiesInstanceFive YearsPresident ObamaSheetsPrivate SectorTwenty FiveOutsourcingBalance Sheets Author:Mitt Romney
“When the President is making it harder to mine coal, to use coal, to take advantage of our gas resources, to make it harder to get our oil resources - all those things combine to make our cost of energy higher than it needs to be, and it drives away enterprises from this country. It sends it to places that have lower-cost energy.” NeedsCountryUseEnergyPresidentMinesHigherCostResourcesAdvantageHarderOilEnterpriseGasCoal Author:Mitt Romney
“I don't want to see trickle down racism. I don't want to see a president of the United States saying things which change the character of the generations of Americans that are following. Presidents have an impact on the nature of our nature. And trickle down racism, trickle down bigotry, and trickle down misogyny, all these extraordinarily dangerous to the heart and character of America.” WantHeartStatesCharacterAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesGenerationsDangerousRacismImpactFollowingBigotryMisogynyTrickle Down Author:Mitt Romney
“When the president of Iran Ahmadinejad says that our debt makes America not a great country, that's a frightening thing.” CountryAmericaPresidentDebtIranFrighteningGreat CountryPresident Of Iran 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
“If I'm President of the United States, when I'm President of the United States, we will stand with Israel.” IfsStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesIsrael Author:Mitt Romney
“It's essential for a president to show strength from the very beginning, to make it very clear what is acceptable and not acceptable.” ShowsPresidentClearEssentialsAcceptable Author:Mitt Romney
“If I'm president, America will be very strong.” IfsAmericaStrongPresidentVery Strong Author:Mitt Romney
“America's going to come back, and for that to happen, we're going to have to have a president who can work across the aisle.” HappensAmericaPresidentAisle Author:Mitt Romney
“I'd like to be the next president of the United States to support and help this great nation and to make sure that we all together remain America as the hope of the earth.” StatesHelpingEarthTogetherAmericaNextNationsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSupportGreat Nations Author:Mitt Romney
“I'm thinking about the people who I want to see running for President. And there's quite a group. I mean we have a very strong field of leaders who could become our nominee and - and could stand up for the kind of leadership I think America wants.” PeopleThinkingKindMeanRunningStrongPresidentLeaderVery Strong Author:Mitt Romney
“Iraq is fragile and may fall back into a devastating setting. We're not making the kind of progress in Afghanistan that had been promised. And our esteem around the world has fallen. I can't think of a major country. It's hard to think of a single country that has greater respect and admiration for America today than it did five years ago when Barack Obama became President. And that's a very sad, unfortunate state of affairs.” ThinkingWorldKindCountryTodayFallPresidentProgressAffairEsteemBarackFallenAdmirationAfghanistanUnfortunateFall BackVery Sad Author:Mitt Romney
“If we want to get rid of Obamacare, we're going to have to replace President Obama.” PresidentPresident Obama Author:Mitt Romney
“And this President wakes up every morning, looks out across America and is proud to announce, 'It could be worse.' It could be worse? Is that what it means to be an American? It could be worse? Of course not. What defines us as Americans is our unwavering conviction that we know it must be better.” KnowsLooksMeanAmericaCoursesPresidentMorningProudWake UpConvictionEvery MorningUnwaveringWhat It Means To Be An American Author:Mitt Romney
“The path I lay out is not one paved with ever increasing government checks and cradle to grave assurance that government will always be the solution. If this election is a bidding war for who can promise the most goodies and the most benefits, I'm not your president. You have that president today.” IfsWarGovernmentTodayPresidentPathClearPromiseBenefitsSolutionsLet MeElectionLaysGravesChecksAssuranceCradleBidding Author:Mitt Romney
“Three years ago, this week, a newly elected President Obama faced the American people and he said, look, if I can't turn this economy around in three years, I'll be looking at a one-term proposition, and we're here to collect! You know the results. It's been 35 months of unemployment above 8 percent.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsLooksSaidI CanTurnsThreePresidentTermResultsEconomyWeekMonthsPercentYears AgoPresident ObamaThree YearsUnemploymentPropositions Author:Mitt Romney
“Ronald Reagan was a president of strength. His philosophy was a philosophy of strength - a strong military, a strong economy and strong families.” PhilosophyStrongPresidentEconomyMilitaryStrong FamilyStrong Economy Author:Mitt Romney
“President Obama's view of a free economy is to send your money to his friends. My vision for a free enterprise economy is to return entrepreneurship and genius and creativity to the American people!” PeoplePresidentViewsBusinessVisionCreativityEconomyReturnGeniusEntrepreneurshipEnterprisePresident ObamaFree EnterpriseFree Economy Author:Mitt Romney
“President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and their team have failed the American people, and that is why their majority will soon be out the door.” PeoplePresidentDoorsTeamMajorityUsaPresident ObamaNancyInspirational Team Author:Mitt Romney
“Government is taking 40 percent of the GDP. And that's at the state, local and federal level. President Obama has taken government spending at the federal level from 20 percent to 25 percent. Look, at some point, you cease being a free economy, and you become a government economy. And we've got to stop that.” LooksStatesGovernmentPresidentLevelsEconomyTakenPercentSpendingCeaseLocalsPresident ObamaGdpGovernment SpendingFree Economy Author:Mitt Romney
“If I am elected President of these United States, I will work with all my energy and soul to restore that America, to lift our eyes to a better future. That future is our destiny. That future is out there. It is waiting for us. Our children deserve it, our nation depends upon it, the peace and freedom of the world require it.” IfsWorldChildrenSoulStatesEyeAmericaEnergyNationsWaitingPresidentUnitedDestinyUnited StatesDependsDeserveOur ChildrenLiftsOur DestinyBetter Future Author:Mitt Romney
“I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed. But his promises gave way to disappointment and division. This isn't something we have to accept. Now is the moment when we can do something. With your help we will do something.” WayWantMomentsHelpingAmericaWishPresidentCan DoAcceptingPromiseSucceedDisappointmentDivisionPresident ObamaCan Do Something Author:Mitt Romney
“Mr. President, you were elected to lead. You chose to follow. And now it's time for you to get out of the way.” WayPresident Author:Mitt Romney
“When it comes to the economy, my highest priority as President will be worrying about your job, not saving my own.” JobsPresidentMy OwnWorryEconomyHighestPrioritiesSaving Author:Mitt Romney
“President Barack Obama has stood watch over the greatest job loss in modern American history. And that, my friends, is one inconvenient truth that will haunt this President throughout history.” JobsPresidentLossWatchesModernMy FriendsBarackAmerican HistoryPresident Barack ObamaInconvenientInconvenient TruthJob Loss Author:Mitt Romney
“President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise... is to help you and your family.” HelpingPoliticsPresidentPlanetsPromiseRepublicanOceanHealPresident Obama Author:Mitt Romney
