"Americans want government that is leaner, more efficient, and less intrusive into their personal lives."

"I got all the respect in the world for the front-runners in this race, but ask yourself: If we replace a Democratic insider with a Republican insider, you think we're really going to change Washington, D.C.? You don't have to settle for Washington and Wall Street insiders who supported the Wall Street bailout and the Obamacare individual mandate."

"It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government."

"Our shared conservative values, our belief in the individual is the great hope of our nation."

"People who build family businesses are not classically trained. They have to deal with an enormous amount of politics. You think corporate politics are tough? Go work for your dad or your mom."

"The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security."

"We wonder if we will be the first generation in American history to leave our children with fewer opportunities and a less prosperous nation than the one we inherited."

"True innovation is born when curiosity dares to question long-settled assumptions. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."