Running to do a job as important as the governor's shouldn't be easy; it should take a lot of work, and I'm out there giving my best every day.

I'm a pro-growth, small-government conservative with a background in free enterprise.

We should empower teachers to do their job by cutting wasteful spending and crippling bureaucracy, not classroom resources our educators and students need.

Every dollar spent on education should go toward helping our teachers teach and our students learn.

Our teachers are valuable, and our public policy should reflect that.

As I have traveled the state, I have seen firsthand that there are Arizonans who are hurting.

My focus will be a strong and growing economy - so everyone who wants a job can find one.

I understand the dignity that comes from work and caring for one's family.

By working together, we can make Arizona a place where everyone has an opportunity for a better life.

As a former board member for Teach For America, I understand that every child has the ability to learn and that, no matter their circumstances at home, we have a duty and a responsibility to educate them and to do it well.

Education standards need to be set at the state level. High standards are an important way to ensure that the education system we are funding is actually working and producing, at a minimum, what we would expect it to.

It's very easy for people to say what's wrong with education in Arizona, but if I'm elected as governor, I want to focus on what we're doing well and maximizing the impact of what we know is working.

As governor, I want to make sure that Arizona's hardworking taxpayers get to keep more of what they earn.

In many respects, Arizona is a model for the rest of the country on best practices for water management.

The best way to keep water prices down is to avoid unnecessary increases in costs.

I want to be an independent and responsible voice for Arizonans, and it would be unwise to endorse a specific approach before the costs and benefits of these options can be evaluated.

Texas has more effectively capitalized on its opportunities as a border state, and I've always said that I want to look to states that are doing better than we are and replicate those success stories in Arizona.

Texas has an established trade office in Mexico City, as do other Texan cities. They have a more mature trade relationship with Mexico, and I want to make Arizona a leader in this area also.

Maintaining a positive working relationship with Mexico's leadership will also be crucial to increasing communication and trade. I plan to personally maintain those relationships.

We should be working with the governor of Sonora to establish a commercial sea port on the coast of their state.

If people want to take the time to vote, they should be able to, and their vote should be counted.

Sky Harbor may be a city airport, but it's an Arizona vital resource used by citizens all over the state, and our economy is dependent on its success.

We will ensure Arizona continues to grow jobs, not destroy them.

Conventional wisdom is not always the best wisdom.

Federal government has forced a one-size-fits-all model on our education system.

Serving ice cream isn't exactly like serving in state government, but what I learned guides me today.

Franchises are independently owned and operated businesses whose owners are responsible for their operations.

Arizona has three of the top 10 public high schools in the nation. We know how to educate a child. We just need to do it more often in more locations, and where we're having issues are in low-income areas where - where kids don't have a parent that cares or two parents that care, and, of course, also in our tribal nations.

When it comes to free speech and participation in the democratic process, our laws should reflect the goal of making it easier for more citizens to engage.

Our officers are on the front lines - the first to show up on the scene of a crime. They should be respected; not ridiculed. They and their families protected; not put at risk.

Speculation replaces fact. It's very easy to see news outlets running with information that is unconfirmed or erroneous.

I'm focusing on the issues that bring people together and build broad majorities.

To say that I'm going to veto something that I haven't read is just - or sign something that I haven't read - I don't think is good policy for any chief executive.

We can't let government make long-term commitments that it may not be able to keep.

Government must continue to live within its means.

Setting the state budget is one of the most important tasks we undertake at the state Capitol - because after all, it's the people's money - not the government's.

We want to make sure Arizona residents have the opportunity to learn about the decisions we are making and have a chance to participate in the process.

I want to see us add more dollars to the classroom.

We all should be concerned if our kids don't know who Sandra Day O'Connor, John Adams, and Ronald Reagan are.

These are basic, nonpartisan, non-ideological questions. How many United States senators are there... who was the first president.

The Governor's Office is going to get out of the litigation business.

In our administration, we're going to follow the law, and any policy that we move forward will fall well within the law and the Arizona Constitution.

If you're old enough to father a child, then you're old enough to accept financial responsibility for that child. If you don't want your embarrassing, unlawful, and irresponsible behavior going viral, man up and pay up.

The American people overwhelmingly oppose taxpayer funding of abortions, and it's no different in Arizona, where we have long-standing policy against subsidizing them with public dollars.

My philosophy is that I may not like all the questions that you ask, and you may not like all the answers that I give, but this is part of a transparent government.

I'm always concerned about how our state looks.

As our economy advances, our government and our laws need to modernize, too.

If there's one thing Arizona is best in the nation at, it's water.

A great economy requires great public schools.

I'm committed as governor to valuing and nurturing our relationships with our friends to the south.