There are a lot of people who go to Washington or go to their state houses with a personal ambition in mind.

I'm a policy guy, believe it or not. I love policy. I love solving tough problems.

I read serious books, but every now and then, I read just for fun.

I'd think people would want me to follow the law and pay only what the tax code requires.

I lost my election because of my campaign, not because of what anyone else did.

I care about America. I care about the people that can't find jobs. I care about my 20 grandkids and what kind of America they are going to have.

It kills me not to be there, not to be in the White House doing what needs to be done.

When I was elected governor of my state, I had a legislature 87 percent Democrat. It was not lost on me that to get anything done, I couldn't be attacking them. I had to find ways to reach out to them.

American official policy is that Egypt is an ally of the United States. Of course, we recognize that Egypt has gone through a dramatic change in government. And what their status will be going forward in terms of the relationship with our nation is something which which I'm sure will be developing over time.

I talk a great deal to prior Secretaries of State about policy issues.

Every year, virtually every governor balances the budget.

The right course is for the Palestinians and the Israelis to sit down at the table together. The Palestinians need to recognize that the course to the two-state solution is not through the United Nations or through the United States or through anyone else, but through a face to face series of negotiations with the Israelis.

You've got to be really careful about what you say and do anywhere you are. I actually had a dream about being in parking garage and having somebody in front of me taking too long to get their change and honking the horn and then yelling back, and getting out and yelling at each other and then seeing it on YouTube the next day.

Ah, it's too hard to pick a favorite president. It really is. It's like picking your favorite from a box of chocolates - I love all of them.

I've been in politics now for long enough to not worry about what others are saying, but instead to talk about what I believe.

I'd like Americans to save their money, and not get taxed on their savings.

Let's give people more incentives to get fuel efficient vehicles.

I think when a campaign is dishonest in the ads they run about another candidate, it diminishes the campaign, it diminishes the candidate, and it diminishes the presidency.

Pre-existing conditions for those previously insured must not lead to someone being unable to get insurance.

I think that the effort to continue to look for some law to somehow make violence go away is missing the point.

It's a great experience. If you get a chance to run for president, do it.

I'm a pretty analytical guy, all right?

There's no question in my mind that I think I would have been a better president than Barack Obama has been.

Humanity is not common in its views.

The world relies upon, and America must rely upon, a strong military.

The big story of 2013, a very distressing year, is that Americans continue not to be able to find the full-time jobs they need, and that's something which the president has to recognize as the first priority of his administration.

People don't want to be told what type of insurance they have to have.

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.

I think we should have the majority of the party's voters decide who they want as their nominee.

I do recognize and I feel very comfortable with people taking a good look at how I've lived my life, and obviously my faith is a big part of that.

I have seen American determination in people like Debbi Sommers. She runs a furniture rental business for conventions in Las Vegas. When 9/11 hit, and again, when the recession tanked the conventions business, she didn't give up, close down, or lay off her people. She taught them not just to rent furniture, but also to manufacture it.

If I were to offer advice to any president of the United States, it would be this: do whatever you can do to keep America the most prosperous and free and powerful nation on earth.

We Americans have always felt a special kinship with the future.

When President Kennedy challenged Americans to go to the moon, the question wasn't whether we'd get there, it was only when we'd get there.

One of the best things that can happen to any cause, to any people, is to have Bill Clinton as its advocate. That is how needy and neglected causes have become global initiatives.

Free enterprise cannot only make us better off financially, it can make us better people.

I can never predict what the markets will do. Sometimes it does the exact opposite of what I would have expected.

A president must serve only the common cause of the people of the United States.

What's at the heart of my faith is a belief that there's a creator. That we're all children of the same God. And that, fundamentally, the relationship you have with your spouse is important and eternal.

I think I had a superb campaign team. And I know it's always expected that if you lose, people point to the campaign team and say, 'Gee, they didn't do their job well.' If you win, they're all brilliant. And the team, in my view, did a superb job.

We're going to have to rely on the world of Islam, major Islamic nations, to take the lead in helping promote a very different view of Islam - peace and understanding, as opposed to the radicalization going on. The Saudis and UAE and Qatar and others are going to have to take a leading role in changing hearts and minds in the world of Islam.

Presidents have an impact on the nature of our nation.

Trickle-down racism, trickle-down bigotry, trickle-down misogyny, all these things are extraordinarily dangerous to the heart and character of America.

Donald Trump just happens to be one of those who endorsed me I do not want to see as president of the United States.

My dad was phenomenal. Born in Mexico, lived poor, didn't graduate from college, and becomes head of a car company and then governor of a state. I can't imagine I would have ever thought about running for office had I not seen my dad do it.

I'm afraid you're gonna have to see more American military involvement in order to keep ISIS from spreading even further.

People in politics always say they're spending time with their family, but in my case, it's a big family. We got 23 grandkids, so I get to spend a lotta time with them, and it's extraordinarily enjoyable.

The voters of the country decide who they want to support, and the delegates are elected to also make a determination of who would be in the best interest of the party and the country to be our nominee.

Iran with a nuclear weapon or with fissile material that can be given to Hezbollah or Hamas or others has the potential of not just destabilizing the Middle East. But it could be brought here.

My guess is that my mom and dad are very actively involved in the affairs of the next life, and they don't spend too much time looking back. My dad used to say he always looks forward; he never looks back.