Quotes from Mike DeWine

You have to give people a reason to believe that, under your leadership, America will be better. Rick Santorum has done that.

To be elected president, you have to do more than tear down your opponents. You have to give the American people a reason to vote for you - a reason to hope - a reason to believe that under your leadership, America will be better.

Elections are about the future and not about the past.

Even beyond policy considerations, Romneycare was a horrible model to suggest for the federal government because the Constitution does not give Congress the power to impose an individual insurance mandate.

It is my mission to ensure that HIV-positive children and children with AIDS are no longer overlooked and that they begin receiving the treatment and care they deserve.

If Congress were to censure, fine or otherwise try to punish a president, it would dramatically alter the balance of power between the branches.

I'm for the fracking. I think it's an opportunity for Ohio to really get a lot of jobs. But we have to do it right. We have to really take a deep breath, do it right, make sure the public is protected, make sure our land is protected.

I've served Ohioans starting as a county prosecutor in 1976 for, for 30 years. I think they know my integrity. I think they know my honesty. I think they knew who, who I am.

As a young prosecutor, I used the Bureau of Criminal Investigation extensively. I saw that there were problems with BCI. Frankly, I thought I could fix them. I thought if I was successful, I could really make a difference as attorney general.

Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy.

On every journey you take, you are met with options. At every fork in the road, you make a choice. These are the decisions that shape your life.

I do not have the luxury of deciding which provisions of the Ohio Constitution to defend.

You know, kids text a lot today. It's phenomenal.

I find it personally distracting when kids are constantly texting, but they can be texting something that is just benign and just fine.

Well, you know, my wife and I have eight children. We have now 19 grandchildren.

This is a time for a national conversation. A conversation about the document that binds us as a nation and a people. That document, of course, is the Constitution.

My job as attorney general has been, in regard to guns, to have oversight in regard to concealed-carry licenses.

In his brief 21 years on this earth, Michael Smith Jr. touched countless lives.

Governing is about making tough decisions, but it's also about figuring out a better way to do things.

The way I've gotten things done is by working with Democrats and Republicans. I worked with Jay Rockefeller, for example, on highway safety issues.

I have a long, long record of working with Democrats and Republicans alike.

I found, in the Senate, you can have significant impact whether you're in the minority party or the majority party, and a lot of it goes back to... that you really have to be able to count to 60.

Yeah, look, I think what we have with the social media and the digital media, and all the telecommunications we have today is a big megaphone, amplification.

One of the most important things that I have learned in my 57 years is that life is all about choices. On every journey you take, you face choices. At every fork in the road, you make a choice. And it is those decisions that shape our lives.