Quotes from Mitt Romney

As a little boy, I wanted to be a policeman. And then as I got older, and I saw my dad in the car business, an automobile executive.

If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him. You take a look!

I'm a pretty analytical guy, all right?

There will always be, within a party, people who backed one candidate versus people who backed another, and there will be factions in the party, and there's always a little glee faction looking at the difficulty of the other faction.

President Obama's astonishing failure to secure an orderly transition in Iraq has unnecessarily put at risk the victories that were won through the blood and sacrifice of thousands of American men and women.

My doctrine is as I've described, which is confidence in our cause, clarity in our purpose, and resolve in our might.

I like American cars. And I would do nothing to hurt the U.S. auto industry.

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

I think effective leaders typically are able to see the future to a certain degree and then try to take actions to shape it in some way.

I will continue to work with the Republican Party to try to encourage primaries.

Humanity is not common in its views.

Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press, no political freedom. And the regime uses brutality and violence to suppress these freedoms and impose its will.

Massachusetts children cannot only lead the nation in test scores, they can be competitive with the best in the world. And the gap in achievement among races can virtually disappear.

Every year, virtually every governor balances the budget.

The country already has a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. We have to offer an alternative vision.

It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam.

Education is largely run at the state level.

What America needs is jobs. Lots of jobs.

Opportunity expands when there is excellence and choice in education.

You can't continue to have higher education tuition grow at a multiple of the rate of inflation.

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

I believe that the faith heritage of this country is actually a very important part of America's culture.

A person should not be elected because of his faith nor should he be rejected because of his faith.

I don't mind that people have questions and would look for someone to respond to their questions, particularly if their faith is not terribly well-known.