Quotes from Bruce Rauner

I like to do things that get results. Results are all that matters.

Voters want conflicting things. They want a lot of government spending, but they don't want higher taxes.

We've become a collectivist economy in Illinois. It's crushing us. And no problem is going to get fixed unless we bring more economic freedom into the state. And I believe that very passionately.

Government pensions are among the largest cost drivers for state and local governments.

I'm not the most patient person in the world. I am one of the most persistent people in the world.

Those who value a strong safety net for our neediest citizens see that every extra dollar spent on these unions is a dollar that cannot go to help the sick, the elderly, and the vulnerable.

When I was young, I had minimum wage jobs as a busboy, flipping burgers and parking cars.

I will advocate moving the Illinois minimum wage back to the national minimum wage.

I have said, on a number of occasions, that we could have a lower minimum wage or no minimum wage.

For many young people, the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher employment levels.

Incremental increases in the minimum wage won't address the underlying skills and investment gaps in Illinois.

I think we've got to be competitive here in Illinois. It's critical we're competitive. We're hurting our economy by having the minimum wage above the national. We've got to move back to the national.

Illinois will only get economically healthy if we stop focusing on growing minimum wages and start focusing on growing everyone's wages.

I am a gun owner and a hunter and a gun rights supporter.

Frankly, I would never ask a supporter to bet big on me if I wouldn't bet big on myself. It wouldn't be fair.

Capitalism is the greatest poverty-fighting machine in the history of mankind, and I'm proud of the role I've played in it.

I'm a pretty disciplined investor and pretty disciplined buyer. I do my due diligence. I do my homework. I don't waste money.

We cannot accept the status quo of throwing more taxpayer money into a broke and broken system.

There are plenty of examples of very wealthy people who have run for office and failed, certainly in Illinois.

I'm a business guy. I'm not a politician.

Where I'm an outsider is, I'm not a career politician.

I'm a lover of fairs and corn dogs.

Crisis creates leverage to change.

These political consultants love business guys who've never been in politics to try and take advantage of them. I get that.