"We have got to stop worrying about being loved and start worrying about being respected. And that's exactly how I'll lead our country."

"I'm a conservative, pro-life governor in a state where it is really tough to be both. A state like New Jersey, with lots of Democrats, but still we cut taxes, we balanced budgets. We fought the teacher's union."

"I don't disagree with ending Congress' retirement program. I'm a governor; I don't have a retirement program in my state, and I don't disagree with that."

"Social Security is meant to be - to make sure that no one who's worked hard and played by the rules and paid into the system grows old in poverty in America."

"I was appointed United States attorney on September 10, 2001. And I spent the next seven years of my career fighting terrorism and putting terrorists in jail."

"We have a lot of work to do in New Jersey, but I am darn proud we've brought our state back."

"We vetoed five income tax increases during my time as governor. We cut business taxes $2.3 billion, and we cut regulation by one-third of what my predecessor put in place."

"If anybody ran a business like that they would be out of business quickly, and Barack Obama's leadership is driving this business, the United States of America, toward a fiscal cliff."

"I don't think there's anybody in America who thinks my personality is best suited to being Number Two."