I want my voice to have purpose.

I've always believed that if you support reform or you support a particular idea that you ought to fund that idea first and not the system.

My record as a pro-life governor is not in dispute. I am completely pro-life, and I believe that we should have a culture of life. It's informed by my faith from beginning to end. And this not just as it related to unborn babies - I did it at the end of life issues as well. This is something that goes way beyond politics.

There's a direct link between percentage of young people that are educated and how we live our lives.

I envision presenting parents with a marketplace of school choices - public, private, parochial, charter, virtual, blended, and home education. They then can choose the model that best equips their children for success.

The fact that the U.S. is superior to all others allows for free commerce to take place.

I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism.

My wife is not a public person. She is uncomfortable with the limelight, which is why I love her. I don't want a political wife - I want someone who, when I get home, I can have a normal life with.

I don't think a party can aspire to be the majority party if it's the old white guy party.

I acted on my core beliefs on social issues as governor.

I don't miss politics.

Florida has its own rhythm, too. People go to work, they watch their children learn and grow and start families of their own. They play in the sun and pass their lives enjoying the outsized blessings that make our state unique.

I would say national security is work in progress.

We've created rules and taxes on top of every aspiration of people, and the net result is we're not growing fast, income is not growing.

Second-generation Hispanics marry non-Hispanics at a higher rate than second-generation Irish or Italians. Second-generation Hispanics' English language capability rates are higher than previous immigrant groups'.

I'm comfortable with the life I have.

There's a whole lot of America that looks at each other and says, 'Well, there's 340 million people living in America. Isn't there somebody other than a Bush or a Clinton who can be president in these modern times?'

Who among us has never looked up into the heavens on a starlit night, lost in wonder at the vastness of space and the beauty of the stars?

If I decide to run for office again, it will be based on what I believe, and it will be based on my record. And that record was one of solving problems completely from a conservative prospective.

I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms of a poll.

We have a wealth of talent in the Republican Party.

I think the voters can make up their own minds.

I do a lot of traveling overseas.

I support high academic standards. Period.