Quotes from Carly Fiorina

I know more world leaders on the stage today than anyone running, with perhaps the exception of Hillary Clinton.

I don't take on a fight just for a fight. I don't tilt at windmills.

Citizens, it is time to take our country back from the political class, from the media, from the liberal elite.

I didn't say I would cut off all communication with [Vladimir] Putin. What I said was as president of the United States, now is not the time to talk with him.

Margaret Thatcher was a great leader for her nation at a pivotal and a perilous time. So, I find the comparison flattering, but that's up to others to say whether that comparison is justified.

There is a time and a place for everything. There is a time and a place for talk. And there is a time and a place for action.

Well I think money has been going into political campaigns for a very long time.

I really believe that all CEO pay should be voted on by shareholders ahead of time. Mine was.

I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.

Californians are worried about whether they will have a job along with ballooning federal spending and deficits.

I think it would help tremendously to have a senator that knows where jobs come from, that knows how to create them, that knows how to bring them back and, importantly, knows what it means to manage billions of dollars' worth of expenses and cut billions of dollars' worth of expenses.

Life is not measured in time, but in love, contribution, and grace.

You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.

I think we ought to ban earmarks. I think we ought to give citizens the opportunity to designate up to 10 percent of their federal income tax toward debt reduction. If we did that, we would reduce our debt by $95 billion a year.

A boardroom is a collection of individuals, and individuals have varying motives, egos, agendas and qualifications. Sometimes the dynamics can go off track.

I think bolstering free trade is a boon to the dollar.

I think leadership of any kind requires trust and transparency and voters should demand no less from their political leadership in government.

I think 4 percent growth is a good goal. And I think the fact that we have become used to an economy that sort of putt putts along between 1 and 2 percent is sort of tragic.

The truth is, I was afraid the day I walked into Stanford. And I was afraid the day I walked out.

The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy.

A leader's most important decisions are about people. Who do you put in which jobs? How long do you leave them in a job?

I've traveled around the world.

People who don't fit the mold are treated differently than those who do.

I think Donald Trump taps into an anger that I hear every day. People are angry that a commonsense thing like securing the border or ending sanctuary cities is somehow considered extreme. It's not extreme; it's common sense. We need to secure the border.