Quotes

“A competitive primary does not divide us, it prepares us and we will win.” Mitt Romney

“And that's how it is in America. We look to our communities, our faiths, our families for our joy, our support, in good times and bad. It is both how we live our lives and why we live our lives.” Mitt Romney

“At a time when nobody thought we'd ever see a new steel mill built in America, we took a chance and built one in a corn field in Indiana. Today Steel Dynamics is one of the largest steel producers in the United States.” Mitt Romney

“Central to America's rise to global leadership is our Judeo-Christian tradition with the vision of the goodness and possibilities of every human life.” Mitt Romney

“Democrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for: higher taxes, bigger government and less trade with other nations.” Mitt Romney

“Even though I love solar and love wind, like most people do, I like the renewable sources, they alone are not going to get America energy independent.” Mitt Romney

“For those who have come here illegally, they might have a transition time to allow them to set their affairs in order. And then go back home and get in line with everybody else. And if they get in line and they apply to become a citizen and get a green card, they will be treated like everybody else.” Mitt Romney

“Fourth, to assure every entrepreneur and every job creator that their investments in America will not vanish as have those in Greece, we will cut the deficit and put America on track to a balanced budget.” Mitt Romney

“I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning.” Mitt Romney

“I am running for president to help create a better future. A future where everyone who wants a job can find one. Where no senior fears for the security of their retirement. An America where every parent knows that their child will get an education that leads them to a good job and a bright horizon.” Mitt Romney

“I don't want to transform America. I want to restore to America the economic values of freedom and opportunity and limited government that has made us the powerhouse of the world.” Mitt Romney

“I know what it's like to start a business. I know how extra ordinarily difficult it is to build something from nothing. I know how government kills jobs and, yes, I know how it can help from time- to-time.” Mitt Romney

“I want you to remember when our White House reflected the best of who we are, not the worst of what Europe has become.” Mitt Romney

“I will spend the next four years rebuilding the foundation of a opportunity society led by free people and free enterprises.” Mitt Romney

“I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent or lower. And say, we are not going to spend above that level. Democrats, they want to raise your taxes and spend more and more and turn us into an economy which is no longer driven by the private sector.” Mitt Romney

“If I am elected President, the Castro regime will have no reason to doubt our unwavering commitment to your cause. The regime will feel the full weight of American resolve.” Mitt Romney

“If we become one of those societies that attack success, why not come as certain there will be a lot less success? And that's not who we are.” Mitt Romney

“If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him. You take a look!” Mitt Romney

“It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth. It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth.” Mitt Romney

“Julia progresses from cradle to grave, showing how government makes every good thing in her life possible. The weak economy, high unemployment, falling wages, rising gas prices, the national debt, the insolvency of entitlements - all these are fictionally assumed away in a cartoon that is produced by a president who wants us to forget about them.” Mitt Romney

“Let me tell you, the heart of my tax proposal: I will not raise taxes on the American people. I will not raise taxes on middle-income Americans.” Mitt Romney

“Make no mistake, in this campaign, I will offer the American ideals of economic freedom a clear and unapologetic defense.” Mitt Romney

“Massachusetts children cannot only lead the nation in test scores, they can be competitive with the best in the world. And the gap in achievement among races can virtually disappear.” Mitt Romney

“Men and women of every faith and good people with none at all sincerely strive to do right and lead a purpose-driven life.” Mitt Romney

“My leadership will end the Obama era and begin a new era of American prosperity.” Mitt Romney

“On one of the most personal matters of our lives, our health care, President Obama would turn decision making over to government bureaucrats. He forced through Obama-care and I will repeal it.” Mitt Romney

“Opportunity expands when there is excellence and choice in education, when taxes are lowered, when every citizen has affordable, portable health insurance and when constitutional freedoms are preserved.” Mitt Romney

“Our nation is too different, too diverse to say that what works in Massachusetts is somehow going to be grabbed by the federal government, usurping the power of states and imposing a one-size-fits-all plan on the nation. That will not work.” Mitt Romney

“President Obama orders religious organizations to violate their conscience. I will defend religious liberty and overturn regulations that trample on our first freedom.” Mitt Romney

“President Obama wants to put free enterprise on trial.” Mitt Romney