Quotes from Mitt Romney

It's not government that makes business successful. It's not government investments that makes businesses grow and hire people.

Americans acknowledge that liberty is a gift of God, not an indulgence of government.

When government is... bailing out banks... we have every good reason to be alarmed.

If I'm the godfather of [Obamacare], then it gives me the right to kill it.

We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure.

Since President Obama assumed office three years ago, federal spending has accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history.

Barack Obama is facing a financial emergency on a grander scale. Yet his approach has been to engage in one of the biggest peacetime spending binges in American history.

I would explain to my children very simply that the defense of liberty is a cause that exacts a very high price in the history of humankind.

America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home.

In order to be able to fulfill our role in the world, America must be strong. America must lead. And for that to happen, we have to strengthen our economy here at home.

I will get America working again and see rising take-home pay again.

The mantle of leadership for promoting the principles of peace has fallen to America. We didn't ask for it. But it's an honor that we have it.

We have a potentially volatile situation but we sort of live with it, and we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it.

America is the hope of the earth.

This nation is the hope of the Earth.

It is time to cut out the mountains of waste and inefficiency and duplication in the federal government.

The soles of Neil Armstrong's boots on the moon made permanent impressions on our souls and in our national psyche. Ann and I watched those steps together on her parent's sofa. Like all Americans we went to bed that night knowing we lived in the greatest country in the history of the world. God bless Neil Armstrong.

In my view, Russia has not been a particularly collaborative player on the world stage.

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

I think Dodd-Frank has contributed to a concentration of banking assets in the hands of a small number of banks.

Primaries are the place where you see whose message is connecting with the largest number of people.

I have a PC. My sons have a Mac and swear by it, but I have a couple PC's.

I would say that foreign policy is a place where intelligence, resolve, clarity, and confidence in cause, is of extraordinary importance.

I looked at the race, and I said, 'Look. Hillary Clinton is going to be hard to beat.' Another bad prediction on my part, because she's turned out a lot weaker than I thought.