Quotes from Herman Cain

We as voters, have long hoped that we would get a businessman instead of a politician in order to help fix America's problems. Well, I am that businessman.

I've never sexually harassed anyone, and yes, I was falsely accused while I was at the National Restaurant Association.

They call me racist too just because I disagree with a President who happens to be black. You are not racists - you are patriots.

The Democrats co-opted the credit for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But if you go back and look at the history, a larger percentage of Republicans voted for that than did Democrats. But a Democrat president signed it, so they co-opted credit for having passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

It is not someone's fault if they succeeded, it is someone's fault if they failed.

Chris Christie has been saying for a long time he's not interested in running. The media is trying to create a story by sucking Chris Christie into race, just like they made a story by sucking Rick Perry into the race.

Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks. If you don't have a job and you are not rich, blame yourself!

The way to connect with voters on the plan is to simply give the facts. Fifty per cent of taxpayers pay 97 per cent of the taxes. By most people's standards, that's already fair. The President is playing the class warfare card because he knows that a lot of people may never hear that particular fact. But it's a fact.

My motivation for running for Senate was not for the stature of being a senator, but because I wanted to make a difference on issues I feel passionate about.

Spending time at the Federal Reserve was a good learning opportunity for me. It helped me to understand economic philosophies and polices that I had not previously known about.

When all else fails the liberals call you names or attack your personality.

I'm not a professional politician. I'm a professional problem solver.

A gold standard is to the moochers and looters in government what sunlight and garlic are to vampires.

Most of the people who are in elective office in Washington, D.C., they have held public office before. How's that workin' for you?

And I'm here to tell you, the reaction that I'm getting around the country, people are sick and tired of this word in Washington, compromise. This is why nothing ever gets done.

I ran for president in order to be able to try to change Washington D.C. from the inside. Our federal government is broken.

I didn't know I was a conservative when it didn't matter to me growing up.

I haven't learned to be politically correct yet.

Polls are inaccurate in my opinion, based upon anecdotal evidence, based upon people that I know.

I don't have more money. I won't have more money than any of the candidates, even the Republican candidates. We know that already. But we are building this campaign team like I would build a business. And that is, we are building it so far with no debt.

One right decision doth not a great president make.

I used to vote Democrat.

That's the biggest problem, is the tax code itself.

I'm very particular about the pizza that I eat. Godfather's is still a premium-quality product, and I cannot always find that. It's got to be as good as Godfather's or I won't eat it.